Guild Wars 2

VitalSuit.1980:

Block duration is already 2s,

No. No it isn’t. It is 1.5s.

VitalSuit.1980:

the stun doesn’t need to be 1s.

It currently is 1s.

McWolfy.5924:

Every class have an auto stun break trait. Use that if you dont want to press buttons

No they don’t. Stop spreading misinformation.

Straegen.2938:

Conclusion:I will keep playing for a few more days, but I am already missing T2. T2 seems a better blend of large scale fights while catering to the roamers with solid roaming fights. This is the weekend so a full picture of T1 won’t develop until weekday fights commence.

My server history to date (estimated… been a while): BP (1.5 years/T6-T3) -> HoD (3 months/T6-T3) -> Mag (3 months/T2) -> YB (3 months/T3-T2) -> TC

I thought this part was rather comical, personally. I moved from kitten T2 and I feel like you just described all of my experiences on T2. I do not feel you know what your talking about, if you really think the necro percentage is more in T1 then T2.

I am unclear why you brought up the elementalist portion here. I can only guess you thought I was referring to them as well. As this is an engineer sub forums, we should probably avoid discussing hem here.

I hardly find sigil of battle to be a problem, but I can see where you are coming from there. How would you suggest changing it?

HgH is an underwhelming build in my opinion, I hardly see anyone using it regularly for that reason. None of the engineers I know at all use it often in PvP. For the sake of argument though, how would you change it? While we are discussing it, if you feel it is a problem, would you mind finding any footage of the tournaments or high level play in which it is shown being used to stack might?

How would you propose nerfing boon duration? Do you really feel boon duration as a whole is a problem or simply "might duration? Personally I do not see a problem with boon duration.

Ragnar the Rock.3174:

Now as for balancing turrets.

Yes I do agree that they should be able to be crit & effected by conditions.

However I also feel that if this is done that they should have increased health as they would die far to easily without it.

While I absolutely agree that players who invest in precision and condition damage deserve to see those stats effect every enemy target, wouldn’t you agree it would only be fair to allow the engineers condition damage, power, and precision effect turret out put as well? As of now turrets cannot crit, nor do they scale with power.

Ragnar the Rock.3174:

As Twig said it’s celestial & might stacking, Same problem causing elementalist to be so strong.

Explain that would ya? How were five gauge and ostricheggs problematically stacking might?

The build that folks are claiming is a problem, has no particular skills for might stacking, or fire fields. Would you mind detailing precisely how they are stacking might?

You mention that the game should require skill, yet, you suggest nerfing the heal that requires the more skilled input then any other heal in the game.

The problem here, is if they listen to post such as this and nerf Healing turret. More post will come accusing the problem of being something else. Because changing healing turret won’t change much. Then they will nerf something else, and never revert healing turret.

Another problem I see, is that the OP put three numbers out there. So 1/3 of what he thought justified a nerf was that the abjured beat the team from his region of support. Implying they were just some joe’s off the street.

Personally, I still feel that IP is more of the culprit then anything.

Built in siege is a good term for it. I do agree that it certainly buys you time to allow for reinforcements. particularly given how easy it is to disable rams and catas.

My experience seems to disagree with your. I spent a great deal of time on JQ. my guild then decided to move down to YB that was T# at the time (now T2) and I generally have never seen a player on any of the 6-8 servers I was either on, or against, not using oil, cannons, or mortars, when the opportunity was available.

Sure cannons are problematic because they are so easy to hit. But mortars are more difficult to get to.

As I see it, they are what you use early on at the much greater ranges, as they have much more range the arrow carts, and once they get focused, you fall back to arrow carts.

The Baws.5164:

I really like the fact that Engineer is more unique etc. it’s just I am yet to see how it can excel more than Warrior does.

The main things I do at the moment: sPvP and WvW Focus Party Guild Raiding and Warrior really seems to be equal/better than Engi in both of these scenarios. For the focus party I need burst and escape.

Well, go with what feels better to you.

You have to know that your posting in the engineer sub forums, so obviously there is a bit of bias in favor of the engineer. I have both, and I find the warrior a little less diverse, but mostly, I simply find the engineer more fun to play. that is all personal preference. if your not feeling it with the engineer, play the warrior, no one will fault you for it.

What kinds of builds are you running on your engie?

Points in the “invention” line are actually very solid and beneficial in WvW. More so in some situations in others. I suggest to the OP to disregard comments suggesting otherwise. Particularly from the those with limited WvW experience. Obviously, I suggest building how you like.

It is beyond my, why anyone actually believes toughness, increased movement speed, and protection are bad for WvW, but apparently it is being spoken out against here.

Unless we received multiple options for elite kits, I would much much prefer a ranged kit. The only real ranged kit we have is grenades. I would like something like the charzooka.

For the record OP, there is absolutely nothing lame about beating enemies with a pipe wrench and a crow bar, as well as throwing a Cresent wrench like a boomerang. That my friend, is the epitome of cool.

Personally bud, I would go with Strength. It benefits direct and condition damage. Although it is limited by your crit chance to an extent obviously. Basically I agree with what Ragnar the Rock stated.

As well, I would like to apologize for the 2 extremely rude posters who tried to derail your thread. Some folks apparently feel they are abridged to force their advice, that you didn’t ask for, down your throat, while simultaneously, ignoring the the advice you did ask for.

I always see a very large number of necros in large group battles. The round is just painted with red circles from marks.

Malediktus.9250:

coglin.1867:

Malediktus.9250:

Actually this will reduce WvW participation. All the achievement hunters only need to complete 3 dailies now to get the maximum daily AP. So there is no reason for them to go to WvW anymore since those are mostly impossible to complete anyway…

Yeah right. Cause those who go into WvW just for achievements are making an effort to contribute and participate now?

Who cares if the disinterested and unconcerned players who didn’t want to be there have less incentive to get in the way some more? I already have queue times on my server as it is.

Dont start crying after the patch if the WvW population takes another hit of 20%+ though.

I see no evidence that this will occur. My guild recently transfered from T1 server since launch, to a T3 server. Which has since moved to TV since we arrives. We have map queues 4 out of 7 days a week. I hardly feel concerned. It is kind of cute thougg, how we get these “the sky is falling” post over every little change. Worry all you like. This is hardly the apocalypse you seem to think it is.

Kanebrake.6192:

coglin.1867:

Kanebrake.6192:

Hate to be contrary, but it is not the player’s job to figure out a way for them to monitize their product. Especially at this stage of the game.

No one suggested it is a players job. It is well within the players rights though, to discuss ideas we feel will bring improvements to a game mode we enjoy, in a public forums designed for discussion and feed back.

Not in so many words but yes someone did “suggest” that it’s something players could/should do. That’s why a thread exists for it.

You do understand that suggesting something for discussion is different then suggesting it is “our job” right?

I do think GvG arenas would be a well utilized suggearion, since someone mentioned it.

Chewablesleeptablet.3185:

This kill for points thing… probably not the best idea even if it is a temporary event. The bigger server / zerg will completely demoralize other servers and no one will want to WvW. At least with the original formula small servers had a small chance of keeping up.

SO when will all players get free transfers every 3 months or so??

How is this any different the points from bloodlust?

I saw very few and limited complaints about points from bloodlust, so why do so many take issue with its next step of natural evolution?

Malediktus.9250:

Actually this will reduce WvW participation. All the achievement hunters only need to complete 3 dailies now to get the maximum daily AP. So there is no reason for them to go to WvW anymore since those are mostly impossible to complete anyway…

Yeah right. Cause those who go into WvW just for achievements are making an effort to contribute and participate now?

Who cares if the disinterested and unconcerned players who didn’t want to be there have less incentive to get in the way some more? I already have queue times on my server as it is.

I do those things already. We have a rotation schedule of 1/4 of an hour and folks rotate in and out of scouting.

You may not think so. But I think training together as a team so that we can beat larger forces is rather skill full. I feel the roaming videos I have posted, of my solo skills qualify me as skilled on a personal level as well.. Need a link to our website chalk full of videos as evidence?

I feel coordinating a rotation for scouting, and only asking for volunteers (never trying to presume to require anyone to do anything) to a level that white sword have been irrelevant in the first place, is rather organized.

I could list a fair bit of things that I find very organized of WvW guilds. Seeing as you phrased it in the form of a question, should I believe those in your circles are not skilled or organized? I feel your tone in the post is that of disbelief. Might I suggest that assuming what are limitation to you personally, do not apply to others.

It would seem very reasonable to me to have a 5 player limit for the skills effect, as this limit was forced upon other skills with AoEs thay effect multiple targets. I feel it is needed for the sake of congruency alone.

Lord Kuru.3685:

Unless you’re the leading server in a massive blowout win, it’s going to be near impossible to hold a tower long enough to get a WP anyway.

Just because you might lose a keep do to inattention to it, doesn’t mean other skilled and organised teams will.

You would get more focused advice in the thief specific sub forum to be honest.

I leveled all 8 professions in predominantly WvW, and personally, I have found multiple builds on eachat profession that suit me. With out a little more informotion as to why you die to players, I cannot offer much advice. For example, I have no idea what build your running, or how you play it. So I can’t even begin to suggest what problem you may be having.

Jaken.6801:

coglin.1867:

What is all if this “it is” and “it isn’t”, and this “we” and “us” junk?

You do not speak for me, or anyone else as far as I am concerned. As well your *opinion,", of what is or isn’t is an opinion, not some fact of any kind. Why don’t you stop presuming to speak for the rest of us for one? Because as far as I am concerned, you doing a poor job, just speaking for yourself. you post every thing you say as a statement of fact, then use “we” and “us” as if you are some elected official.

Just because you think something is filler, or you think something is a cliff hanger and don’t like it, doesn’t mean you have the right to claim to speak for anyone else in some bad attempt to give your own opinion more weight.

sigh , read again.

I put things in quotes, I used the word “I”, even said so towards the end.
I was speaking about general feelings, which were reflected on the forums in massive threads, etc…

People were complaining about these things and I never said that everyone does it.

If you mixed up what I was saying and what were a generalisation, then I don`t know,

I never asked to be a spokesperson and I wrote that there as well.

May i ask you to carry on then, if you got nothing constructive to the topic to say of course…

(btw. Is it just because I got a reaction by Gaile? Maybe she is busy right now and comes back later. The Thread was still young there)

btw. you will tell me that the endings of these episodes were no cliffhanger? They weren`t cut and mysteries were created to be possibly concluded in the next episode?
It is a deliberate choice by the writers and not always a bad one.

I have previously stated my opinion o the LS. I do not mind how they are handling it. My opinion on the matter differs greatly from yours, based on how I play the game. Unlike yourself, I was not dismissive of your opinion on it. I read your post. Yes in one single sentance, in parenthesis, at the and, you stayed “I”. If my dislike of the rest of your use of “we” upsets you, that is your provlem. Personally I find it very misleading and disingenuous. If you do not like my views on that, then do not post in a manner that suggest you are trying to represent anyone other than yourself.

Jaken.6801:

Gaile Gray.6029:

Donari.5237:

As unfortunate as the timing of this break may be, it’s not like they have everything in the can and are just picking release dates. Imagine your response if you were working on a large project — say, a term paper, or a mural on the side of a building — and someone said “I know your due date is in six weeks, but I’d really like you to finish next week instead.” You wouldn’t be able to do it, not with any reasonable quality.

Thank you for a reasonable comment that really stands out for its logic and perception. It’s true: The team can’t roll out content a month in advance on request. There is a plan and a master schedule, and with the much-loved and keenly-anticipated Wintersday Festival, Episode 8 will receive its full due in January, as intended. And as outlined in Colin’s blog post, there are other nice things coming, too!

Please, if this thread is going to continue, I ask you to think before posting. This is a forum, sure, but let’s all do our part to tamp down the DramaBeast with his +5-gazillion to Hype Attacks.

I think many understand the reason why it is happening.

The problem is more the way it happened.
The last LS Episode ended as too many other episodes before on an Cliffhanger. Even though it was enjoyable, the content itself was nothing more than filler for many.
Which is even more concerning with the episode before having the same feeling.

We got two “filler” in a row, with endings that felt like someone said: “_cut, we continue next week.”_

It just isn`t a satisfied way to end the year. More so if episode 8 really is the last episode of this season.

Please understand that we know about the supposed Masterplan an possible inenr workings enough to understand your reasoning as a company.

However can we ask (or at least I, since I feel bad for speaking for others) you please understand that it feels like dangling the keys in front our noses right now?
Even though you do good, frustration is growing and this decision does not help the cause.

Not even the rehashed wonderful Wintersday most of us have allready seen, will change that.

However, since it is allready decided and all we can do is stay frustrated (yeah, sorry, I do not expect any satisfying developements here. I will have to wait.), happy holidays for the staff that goes out?

What is all if this “it is” and “it isn’t”, and this “we” and “us” junk?

You do not speak for me, or anyone else as far as I am concerned. As well your *opinion,", of what is or isn’t is an opinion, not some fact of any kind. Why don’t you stop presuming to speak for the rest of us for one? Because as far as I am concerned, you doing a poor job, just speaking for yourself. you post every thing you say as a statement of fact, then use “we” and “us” as if you are some elected official.

Just because you think something is filler, or you think something is a cliff hanger and don’t like it, doesn’t mean you have the right to claim to speak for anyone else in some bad attempt to give your own opinion more weight.

I like to use rocket boots instead of rifle turret. In a WvW situation, I like the ability to get out of a bad situation quickly. As well as its ability to close gaps beyond just the magnet. The blast finisher benefit also helps.

Xillllix.3485:

We pretty much know what will happen:

White Sword Removal:
1- Inexperienced players will no longer know where to go.
2- The WvW experience will rely even more on voice chat, something that isn’t even implemented in GW2.
3- Everything will turn into a huge Karma Train like EotM, unless you have a scout in every tower and keeps there will be no way to know where the enemy is. This will literally kill low tier servers where the population is too thin to spread out.

1. inexperience players possibly don’t even know anything about white swords. Why wouldn’t they know where to go? Are they removing map what and commander Pins too? Scouts would herald exactly where to go.

2. Nothing “relies” on voice chat beyond convenient efficiency. Map chat is sufficient enough. in my opinion, there is no reason not to be in a servers voice chat anyway. The access to it and location to find are posted in map chat often anyway

3. You have no evidence of this. It is possible. Anything is. But you do not know this. They are doing a test an we will find out for certain. As of now, your just trying to fear monger in my opinion.

Xillllix.3485:

PPK:
1- While good in theory it is a flawed way to fix the broken PPT problem where the outcome of a match can always be known in advance because:
- PPK will make people blob up just even more. The biggest blob will almost always win and be able to res their downs.
- It will give the Warrior class an unfair advantage, because they can always res their allies. Perpare yourself for huge blobs with 50% warriors.
In short to go with the PPK you need to fix the class balance first: Increase AoE limit for light armor classes to discourage blobbing. Or increase AoE Skill damage.

I see no evidence that PPT is broken. It works precisely as it is supposed to as far as I am aware. I am not entirely certain broken means what you think it means. You are completely dishonest to claim you can know the outcome in advance, you can suspect it, but to claim you know it is fear mongering in order to push your own agendy in my opinion.

I see nothing to support your claim about warriors, other professions can do that as we.. Not to mention, under the current conditions, warriors are already a highly desired profession for hammer trains and banners, I don’t see much changing when you take “bloodlust” into account.

As to your last point, I don’t know where you coming up with these assumptions. We previously had both higher AoE limit and higher AoE damage. Nothing your claiming accured in that situation. Are you making the historic error of ignoring the past?

Xillllix.3485:

Anyway, it will change the PPT meta certainly but it will not make WvW more interesting, to the contrary.
If your objective is to make WvW more interesting you should make content like improved Stonemist battles, faster and stronger supply doyaks, Keeps with more types of defenses, where outer can be upgraded seperatly from inner, buildable barricades, new maps in rotation (removal of duplcated maps), harmonization of rewards between EotM and normal maps… not do little changes that may make the game worse.

Who won’t it make it interesting for? You haven’t tried it, so you either do not know if you will find it interesting, or have already decided you will do whatever you have to in order to dislike it for the sake of doing so.

Big ol’ Bomb

Just cause that’s a hell of a name for fantasy MMO skill, and the graphics of a literal powder keg with a lit fuse id great.

I also enjoy Warrior hammer skill, simply because of people shouting “Hammer Stun” in TS in WvW fights.

Chaith.8256:

coglin.1867:

Nova Stiker.8396:

For those defending the legitimacy of Engineers you can inflict burning, bleeding, vulnerability and poison on a single auto attack grenade throw. kitten , puts Necromancers to shame, I bet they wish they could do that.

Wait……………………..Your suggesting Elixir gun auto attack is Over powered? Awe, isn’t hat cute.

Probably not. I wouldn’t conclude that since he didn’t include weakness in that list of conditions. He said auto-attack grenade throw, that assumably procced Doom sigil, 15% Shrapnel proc, crit for Incendiary Powder.

As an aside, E-Gun’s pressure and weakness is a bit dumb for how easy it is, but the only problem is that you can literally do nothing else, and you have to sacrifice many other things. I agree that it’s balanced.

You know what, my mind actually read weakness in it when I read the post. Must be after this exact poster very inaccurate and misinforming thread he started about removing weakness from the game. Where he stated such gems of knowledge as

Nova Stiker.8396:

Weakness In PvP, it can turn bunkers into super bunkers.

Kanebrake.6192:

Hate to be contrary, but it is not the player’s job to figure out a way for them to monitize their product. Especially at this stage of the game.

No one suggested it is a players job. It is well within the players rights though, to discuss ideas we feel will bring improvements to a game mode we enjoy, in a public forums designed for discussion and feed back.

Nova Stiker.8396:

For those defending the legitimacy of Engineers you can inflict burning, bleeding, vulnerability and poison on a single auto attack grenade throw. kitten , puts Necromancers to shame, I bet they wish they could do that.

Wait……………………..Your suggesting Elixir gun auto attack is Over powered? Awe, isn’t hat cute.

Roaming and Scouting are not the same thing.

Stand The Wall.6987:

After (10, 20, 30?) people join a commanders squad, that commander gains a buff that either makes him immune to all such sniping skills, or a flat bonus to toughness and vitality.

Only if we can call it the “cry baby” buff in the tool tip, and it forces you to have the title “second rate” by the name of commanders using it. Otherwise, your not spinning it right to sell me on this bad idea.

Yes is absolutely is viable.

Why would a WvW player complain about if it turns out they like it better, or are the ones asking for it?

No. I do not want RB to work more like a thief or mes port. I just want the bug fixed that sends you in wrong directions.

Azure.8670:

nerf evasive arcana and it will change everything

Specially how would you suggest changing it?

I always find that I do great damage with my D/D necro.

Tao.5096:

Oh no, proving your skill with a video.
Looks like I did end in another game with mindset of – only pros prove their skillz with vidz.

kitten.

No. It was a question of, if it is so easy, why do I have evidence of kicking tail against the so called easy professions, when those crying fowl do not. Particularly when you cannot even offer a reason why you claim them problematic.

Cynz.9437:

the real culprit is not NA or EU, it is anet allowing cheese builds for 1 year untill they feel like it is time for new cheese

Yeah right. Cause it is a nets fault people are all over this thread bashing other regions
I find your accusation unreasonably absurd.

Rednik.3809:

coglin.1867:

That’s what they all say. Yet so, so, few prove it. You are going to prove it right?

Proving what, celestial engi and ele being new hambow while being even more 6 y/o kids-friendly? This doesn’t require any proofs, because anyone can see tournament vids, or even more simple, go to pvp match.

So let me get this straight. Your claiming ele and engie are as easy to play as a warrior? As well, that you or any 6 u r old can play at the top tier tournament skill level?

Yeah, that actually does require proof. Anytime someone claims something is easy because they see a pro do it, it is fairly reasonable to want proof. Otherwise, we would have seen you in the fray proving your skill in the videos like the others.

I appreciate your opinion on the matter, but it is all pure speculation. I was simply addressing the disingenuous claim that “No one asked for it”. If you desire to exclaim you refuse to play with the changes in place, well that is your business.

TheBandit.7031:

I am currently using a condition build on my engineer. It is full rapid with runes of the undead. I have 30 points traited into explosives, and I also use super veggie pizzas (too cheap for koi) so I have 66% condition duration.

I was thinking of changing things up. I could swap my runes of the undead for runes of the nightmare, which give 15% condition duration. I also would buy giver’s weapons, for an extra 20% condition duration. 66+15+20 = 101% condition duration.
So with this build I would have 100% condition duration increase. The downside is that I will lose roughly 300 condition damage and 100 toughness.

What do you guys think about this? Should I give it a go?

I run a 100% condition duration occasionally. You get a significantly larger amount of damage with the duration then what you lose in each damage tic, based on losing 300 condition damage. I keep a condition duration gear/weapon (rabid) set and a defensive set of condition gear/weapon set (dire).

Rym.1469:

If someone comes up to me and tells that Celestial D/D Ele or P/S Spam Engineer “requires a lot of skill” I will laugh at his face.

Sorry, but with the exception of very best players, my cat could run those builds as decently as 3/4 of people running them.

People were laughing at hambows going through their rotations no matter what situation, always the same. Guess what, different builds but even better results!

That’s what they all say. Yet so, so, few prove it. You are going to prove it right?

Pinkamena Diane Pie.8054:

Removing white swords is something they can do in probably a few minutes. If it takes more than an hour I’d be surprised.

It is yet again the most minimal thing they can do for WvW, and a change NO ONE asked for! In fact when it was announced the forums were filled with players asking them who on earth gave them this idea!

They clearly are not listening, yet again. We have said we dont want this, yet they still want to test it out. You can already see what will happen, within a hour of this being implemented everyone will come on here demanding it to be undone immediately!

It was a change begged for in thread after thread after thread. Stop saying “WE”, you do not speak for anyone else, and to pretend you have the right to do so is extremely disingenuous.

It may well cause folks to spread out a bit and play more defensive. As well as requiring small teams to scout and defend till help arrives, instead of punishing sneaky, small groups.

Grump.7069:

Like i said earlier. The only ones picking courtyard are either people new to pvp who think deadmatch is more interesting than conquest (very rare) and premade teams who know the fact they will be assisting eachother will give them such a massive advantage they’ll most likely win 500-0 (a lot more common).

Prove it. I enjoy it. With or with out pre-made teams. You are lying to claim to know whay anyone does or doesn’t like something. This is the exact claim posters make that bring such a high level of toxicity to the forums in my opinion.

Grump.7069:

Explain why else courtyard always gets selected 3 to 5 times or completely not when it shows, because that’s the teamsize required to get the advantage to make it possible with your fingers up your nose.

No one owes you anything, much less an explanation as to why they enjoy it or find it fun, or why they chose it at all. Particularly after you just claimed you know what everyone is thinking , and presume to speak for the community.

Amir.1570:

The double standard is just AMAZING. I don’t understand why NA gets crap when they use cheese to win and then EU is hailed superior when they do cheesy BS. And when NA uses non-cheesy comps they’re behind the meta while EU are heroes when they do non-cheesy comps.

Cheese is fair game when $25,000 is on the line. I’m surprised the community is still devolving instead of evolving at this point.

Define “cheese”?

Cheese is a term poor players use to attempt to be insulting and accusatory when they lose. There is no such thing as a cheese build, a cheese comp, or any of that stuff.

Definition of “Cheese” in GW2 – Term used to incorrectly imply I keep losing, but am better them my opponent, in order to make me feel better about the fact that I am a lesser skilled player, or made mistakes in the fight, and lost.

They all fought within the rules set of the game. All teams did.. Only the jealous and insecure attempt to take away from that with unoriginal buzz words.

No.

I feel your grasping at straws because you want there to be a connection, where no connection exist. Just my opinion.

Reborn.2934:

they should start by fixing the current wvw system . they don’t want change it . ok we know and accepted it after 2 years , but there is not any excuse to not fix the broken or stupid mechanisms.

I hate such uninformed claims of this matter. People make these claims and never offer a lick of evidence to support it. I play in NA, and I know for a fact that all 4 maps on the top 6 servers can have a queue on any given day. SO these irrational claims of something being broken or unpopular come off to me as cheap accusations that players make because they don’t get the changes they want, regardless of how it effects everyone else.

leman.7682:

coglin.1867:

TheLastNobody.8319:

tl/dr version: Necros are now bigger sitting ducks than ever before because without that trick, they don’t have access to deathshroud, which is the reason they don’t have many defensive tools in the first place, cause second health bar op!

So I played my necro all night last night. I have to say, if you feel like a sitting duck, I think the problems is how you play, not the profession.

<Hot-join experience alert>

Even my dog can survive in hotjoin/unranked/top1000.

Hmm, interesting. When your argument is weak enough that you have to make inaccurate accusations. I was playing on a premade team, in ranked. Necro, Ele, Engineer, Guardian, Warrior, for about 3 hours off and on. Some people had to log so the next 2 hours were Necro, Ele, Ranger, Guardian, thief.

By the way, I have seen no evidence that you or your dog can survive at all. Anyone can make uninformed accusations then claim they can do as well or better, but I do not see you providing any evidence.

I on the other hand was sharing my opinion based on my experience. I do not PvP a great deal on my necro (maybe 300ish hours worth), although I do WvW on my necro a fair bit. You do not have to like my opinion, but it is mine and I am sharing it as my view on the discussion.

Ultimaistanza.4793:

I posted this on Reddit a few days ago when a person was asking about what you’d like to see in the next feature patch, but I think it works here too.

• Fixes to exploits and counters to siege trolling.

Yeah, they are working on this. I think this is logically unanimous among the player base.

Ultimaistanza.4793:

• Changes to the ppt system to address some things like encouraging smart play and lowering the issues with population differences during some timezones.

The PPT system is fine. Changing it for the sake of changing it is irrational if you ask me. Particularly when you mention time zones. What makes a prime time players time more valuable then off time players?

Ultimaistanza.4793:

• Something to change the weekly matches that adds some degree of randomness to the mechanics of WvW and more variety beyond potentially getting matched up with a lower/higher rank server.

Sounds good in theory but the second a lower tier plays a higher tier, both tiers cry all over the forums.

Ultimaistanza.4793:

• Changes to WvW reward structure to make WvW more rewarding, give more ways for WvWers to actually show off their accomplishments and rank, and give more benefits to scouting or doing the other menial tasks.

How? This is a common idea. The problem is finding agreeable solutions.

Ultimaistanza.4793:

• New WvW maps, or at least reskins for the maps and npcs to at least break the visual monotony.

everyone likes new maps

Ultimaistanza.4793:

• Reworks to EotM to make it less of a constant ktrain and actually encourage some competition.

Why? It keeps k trains out of WvW. How would you prevent players from K training anyway. EoTM is great for leveling, i see no reason to change it.

Ultimaistanza.4793:

• Reworks to EotM’s map so the sides are a little more even in terms of destructible walls/gates, bridge locations that can actually kill, point control benefits, and so on.

Maps could use a little balancing.

Ultimaistanza.4793:

• New uses for WvW ability points, including a line that could be nearly infinite so you can actually do something with all the excess ability points in between new abilities being released.

Such as?

Ultimaistanza.4793:

• New types of siege and upgrades.

Such as?

Ultimaistanza.4793:

• A banker in each of the starting areas of WvW.

Don’t have a clue why it hasn’t always been there.

Ultimaistanza.4793:

• More commander mechanics like tags that can be seen by the guild only and map interaction between commander and squad or vice versa.

Yup

Ultimaistanza.4793:

• Making supply map specific to help with blobs just porting to unpressured bls for supply to come back and full repair or do a sudden mass golem rush.

You mean like preventing supply from going between maps such as changes maps spawns you with zero supply? Not sure i agree. That works against lesser populations more then not.

Ultimaistanza.4793:

• Changing the rally mechanic so a zerg doesn’t just get up from tagging a random Moa or low level ungeared player that is following just to troll.

What do you suggest?

Ultimaistanza.4793:

• Changes to the Skritt and Centaur areas in the bls to make them something more than just part of map completion.

How? last thing I want is more PvE junk in the way of my WvW.

Ultimaistanza.4793:

• More uses for badges of honor, like possibly the ability to buy a WvW only commander tag to help encourage more people to try their luck with commanding.

Yeah, I have badges out the wazoo.

Ultimaistanza.4793:

• Changes to camp, tower, and keep claiming so up to 4 different guilds can claim one structure to use their guild buffs on and claims can be overwritten if a guild has more buffs active for longer than the guild that currently has it claimed.

No, thanks.

Ultimaistanza.4793:

• The ability to display your actual character name to enemies if you want it shown.

No. This will promote more toxicity in PvE maps, it is already bad enough. It will promote cross platform trolling.

Explain what you think “structured” means in the case of PvP. It is a uniform map. Teams have equal limits. Simply because it is not your standard king of the point map does not mean it isn’t structured.

I rather enjoy the map. It is great for all out melee fun for a little change sometimes.