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Boss mechanics redesign

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imo, it should be 15 second cc immunity base with an extra 3 seconds per cc the boss is hit with(not per player as many times people do not use any cc and not every weapon set has cc) up to a maximum of 45 seconds immunity.

once 45 seconds is reached have it reset from 15. this would allow the boss to be kept from being cc’d into triviality while allowing coordinated groups to get a reasonable interval of control on the boss. it would also punish attempted cc spam and push uncoordinated groups into changing tactics if they want a slightly easier time of controlling the boss.

28.01.2013 patch notes

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Someone go ahead and check out if there are any undocumented fixes please?

patch is no live yet.

Reforging Orr with WvW mechanics.

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this is a great idea.

Switching Characters for XP

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it works no matter the character lvl.

Is there someone who enjoys CoE?

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fort aspenwood seems to enjoy it as a whole.

Post a Screenshot of your Guardian

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CoF p1 warrior & mesmer groups only

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at the time of this post GW2lfg.com has a single listing as warrior/mesmer only.

Is 5 Signets terribad? Discuss.

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all knight’s with soldier runes. 10/20/30/10 with shouts for buffs and condition removal. 50% crit, 3k attack, 3.5k armor. with maintenance oil and omnomberry ghost food(life steal on crit, 70 prec, 15% exp) = 61% crit, 81% with fury which is always up.

much better build. can be specced for leg specialist/merciless hammer/opportunist/unsuspecting foe or a bunch of GS and vulnerability stuff like forceful GS, rending strikes or crack shot, empower allies, etc..

Do the harpies really need knockback 10+?

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so a higher difficulty adds mechanics to something….and the mechanic is cried about. no win situation, i can see them valuing feedback on PVE encounters even less in the future and i wouldn’t blame them.

SE Path 3 laggy?

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nope, just cleared SE. no lag.

ACP1 Full Solo

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there should be some kind of bonus reward for doing something like this. imo, we need some kind of “full clear” bonus for killing everything in the dungeon with three tiers for time(and leaderboards). a combination of the mission/bonus/master and vanquishing systems from GW.

also a special achievement for solo clears.

More Endgame Contents?What's your suggestion?

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to Robert: besides more fractals, don’t add any dungeons to this game before straightening out the ones already in it AND the various open world encounters. in fact, add more open world mini dungeons(and longer more complex ones) before adding more instances.

Honor of the Waves is too difficult. Help?

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unfortunately our good friends at ArenaNet are using us as test subjects in a psychological study to find the common breaking point in humans under a certain set of circumstances.

This is why the mobs in HotW have more HP than a Champion Giant despite dealing 170% less damage and having less mechanics.

You cannot be helped, we cannot be helped.

What is your favorite encounter?

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Iron Forgeman, Kholer, Lupicus, Baelfire(story mode), and Subject Alpha. if i had to pick one though, the boss encounter in that jumping puzzle in Fireheart Rise.

Guesting is Coming

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guesting cross region would be no different than a server transfer. they’d have to transfer your account to a new data center…and they already have that system in place and will charge for it.

Change to party kicking.

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keep it as is. there’s times you need it, which far outweigh the trolling/griefing done with it. as it stands you can rid the group of leeches and kitten. don’t kitten with it.

Exploiting!

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get on the same page before going in the kitten dungeon. if the majority insists on skipping/exploiting then leave the group if you don’t want to.

Dungeons perspective so far. Not fun at all

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This is what happens when a generation of gamers are brought up with DeadlyBossMods and other crutches.

  • Spike Traps give a visual cue and in some cases trigger in a timed pattern
  • One shot abilities have an animation telegraph before the big hit
  • In Ascalonian Catacombs:
    • If a graveling tunnels underground, prepare to dodge
    • If a graveling has it’s arms swept back and has a glowing particle effect, prepare to dodge or interrupt
    • Kill Breeders First

Ascalonian Catacombs is a training ground to teach new players what
to expect. Honestly, I think it would be far better if res running were removed so If you wiped the boss fight resets. At least that way you are required to learn the fight instead of bashing your face against wall until you win.

Ascalonian Catacombs

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the funniest thing is a group of 4 lvl 35-50 players demanding the 5th be lvl 80.

Where's the Scavenger Hunt post?

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We are however working on expanding reward systems to make them more re-rewarding across all parts of the game, making the open world more rewarding, and adding new ways you can earn precursors as rewards via new reward systems taking advantage of our open persistent world.

this is all we need to know.

"Final Rest" Staff Not On Loot Tables [Bug]?

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It’s exactly as Linsey stated previously—it’s a loot drop from a specific (rare) boss.

…Lindsey said it was a large boss chest, so which is it? a rare boss or a boss chest?

rare boss that drops a chest?

Any Pet Dungeon Improvements?

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they should give all feline pets an attack chain with the third strike granting evasion(much like the third greatsword chain skill).

i’m full BM and they still get killed a lot even to non champion mobs. i often just switch to ranged pets, or use dogs/bear/drakes….shouldn’t have to though. birds and cats are the best damaging pets, but their vitality/toughness are disproportionately lower than a bears or devourer compared to their power/precision advantage. this needs to be brought in line, period.

if Jon Peters and friends like to sit on their kitten for a few years before re-evaluating the stats of these things, they could at least add in some skills that help to reduce the damage they’re taking. if i wasn’t BM the only useful pet would be the moa as it just busts out AOE heals when summoned and i’d park it next to me all the time.

Stability Training

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Anyone else feel that this should give something more than 3 seconds of stability AFTER your pet already gets jacked up? Let’s face it, scavengers simply kill the pet. they strip off stability and murder the pet. other mobs with KB/KD, well the buff wears off before the pet gets back near it to attack again.

permanent stability was considered too powerful even though the pets the trait works with are not hard hitting or fast attackers(can’t even hit a player in pvp). I think it should give your qualified pet unshakable. yep, give them unshakable status with Defiant stacking up to 3.

This would not be too powerful in PVE since mobs can still eventually take the buff off the pet, they just won’t be chain cc’d into uselessness/death(which is a good thing and worth traiting for).

On the PvP side, i can’t imagine this will be OP. the pet will get cc’d often enough still, and the tanky pets don’t dish out much damage anyway.

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AC Rare Ghastly Weapons gone?

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weapons are gone, rare armor is there still.

Is there any reason to do Story mode?

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so you’re not always in a group of 4 other idiots who can’t do their speed run since no one can start it.

Conclusion after 700 dungeons

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they probably should disable HotW. too much work to be done there.

Massively poll.

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http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/12/28/the-daily-grind-whats-your-mmo-of-the-year/

bunch of complaints fresh in my mind, then i got to remembering playing some other games listed and voted GW2.

No one will do Story Mode!

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well since they already give you a random rare the first run….make them give you a random rare on every run + 5 T6 mats?

How to NOT Bug Path 2 AC

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i remember my party whining to skip the oozes. said kitten off, me and another killed them. i got the colossus off one of them.

I love my hammer...

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imo:

final hit of #1 chain should apply vulnerability and be a blast finisher.

skill # 5 should KD for 3 seconds

Merciless Hammer = Increase the duration of all hammer control effects by 1 second and recharge all hammer skills when your target is below 25% health(60 second cooldown).

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Chain Knock Down

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Use a stability skill or trait if you have one:
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Stability

Or an Order of the Whispers Spy Kit if you don’t:
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Order_of_Whispers_Spy_Kit

they strip boons off. anyway, you can dodge all graveling scavenger KD chains. they do a damned obvious rearing back animation followed by a slow enough leap. sparks fly out their kitten when they are about to pounce. dodge roll and continue dps. also, even if it’s the boss(rumblus) or the champion…CC moves will interrupt the attacks once they’ve caught someone, so don’t just stand there like a fool watching your party die to it.

stun breakers and stability are nothing to these guys. they CHAIN the attacks, so unless you hit the kitten with a CC, prepare to get KD again. KD, KB, Stun, Daze, blowout make them stop the move entirely and do something else. if they already have someone down they continue the animation but the actual hits stop once cc’d.

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How to avoid glitching AC

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i’d rather sloppily skip and then cry and blame Anet for it, thanks though.

Possible Dungeon Finder

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i don’t know why, but i do no there’s no point in asking for it.

Possible Dungeon Finder

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again, they’re making an improved LFG tool for the game. again, they are not(ever) making an auto matchmaker ala WoW.

Guardian > all - intended?

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after finally getting a guardian up there and in dungeons, i’m seeing how over exaggerrated they are. great utility but they aren’t better support than any class “no matter the build” by a loooooongshot and their damage is very, very bad with a non dps spec.

Instead of blaming the class..

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Look at Rangers.

Whiners “do” get buffs.

they needed it, and they need more. it didn’t make sense how some of teir skills and traits were. they’re still worse than warriors.

How much HP for Vigorous Shouts?

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Since I was kind enough to explain it to Guardians on their mace skill Faithful strike, here is the formula for this trait.

40+((Level^2) x 0.18) + (Healing x 0.8)

so at 0 healing at level 80: 40 + 1152 = 1192

at 1500 healing at level 80: 40+1152+1200= 2192

Not sure what the point of putting the formula with 0 healing is. You are required to get 300 points in healing power just to get the healing shout skill. Saying its 1192 for 0 healing is somewhat confusing to noobs, because they are thinking*oh, i don’t have any healing power gear so this is what it is", when in actuality its a bit higher since they have 300 healing power default to get that trait.

lol, tactics provides vitality and BOON DURATION.

How much HP for Vigorous Shouts?

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Since I was kind enough to explain it to Guardians on their mace skill Faithful strike, here is the formula for this trait.

40+((Level^2) x 0.18) + (Healing x 0.8)

so at 0 healing at level 80: 40 + 1152 = 1192

at 1500 healing at level 80: 40+1152+1200= 2192

I’m confused

1500 healing = 2192
1464 healing = 2363?

(And before anyone asks, the food buff is an omnomberry bar, no healing power)

you have the WvW bonus.

Looking for advice on lvling at dungeons

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my advice is to take a full set of “Hearty” gear(rare).

use FGJ, SoS and Dolyak/Banner of Strength.

Better Group Healer - Warrior Vs Guardian????

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Guardian has way more than just healing, while we as warriors ‘just’ heal (in terms of non-damage supportive abilities). Our heal can be really good, with banners and healing shouting. I even dare say that I heal more than the typical guardian. But remember that the guardian brings a lot more than just healing, and can be loaded with amazing utilities and CC to support his allies, give boons and be extremely resistant to damage. Pick your poison.

all that is true for both….
banners bring offensive and defensive boons, shouts bring condition removal, CC and boons.

warriors put up more DPS in any spec, guardians mitigate more damage.

for healing the group you can get more regen out of a certain guardian trait. for direct group healing(no regen) guardians fall way short.

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My thoughts on a few Warrior abilities

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had a great long post typed out with suggestions, kitten site logged me out before i could post it…oh well.

Kholer w/ Adds, Cave Troll, Queen Spider Solo

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every class can solo kholer, he does not hit very hard with his normal attacks and has a single telegraphed move to avoid. warriors and guardians with enough vitality can do it without even dodging the “big” attack.

Community's Voice: Dungeons

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- every boss in HOTW should have 30% less HP.

- we need you guys to improve the LFG panel into something useful. and please be sure to hype it up once it’s done so people are aware that it’s there.

- the mobs that spawn in SE path 1 really need to be changed to normal non-silver mobs, and their damage output reduced 20% each.

- adding new loot, better loot drop chances, money and tokens to bosses like Kholer have done nothing to stop skipping of them, so thanks for the changes and please from now on totally ignore all complaints about content like this being skipped and all the drama it brings. people simply want to get in and out in 5-10 minutes like in that other game where dungeons have been reduced to riding in an elevator with 4 strangers.

- add tokens as drops to all facets of a given dungeon, story and explorable. also increase the end reward Karma for doing story mode since it’s literally an act of charity these days.

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Soloing Lupicus in Arah

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Signet of Rage completely broken?

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one of my girlfriends has been avoiding me lately, i guess Anet’s patch broke her too.

/rolleyes

Dungeon Loot

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way better than before, what are you talking about?

Legit Dungeon Clear guild

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Rend Bloodmaw, invite.

Why not make legendaries accountbound?

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didn’t they already say they plan to change them to account bound?(yes they did).

Lost 100 armor in combat, what happen ?

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you dip below 90% hp.

Obstructed... Obstructed... Obstructed...

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obstructed is not just a ranger issue

i have to say, playing my warrior, ranger, thief…it’s kitten near a “ranger issue”. only on some burrows in ac do i get it on the thief but of course standing on uneven ground with my warrior and thief almost never return that obstructed/invulnerable crap on enemies. ranger….all the time in every part of the game.