Guild Wars 2

If I understood it correctly only 50 people can get the buff, that is necessary to deal damage, at once.

ceol.9175:

no, you need to log in during NA prime time because

Did it multiple times at 10am on an overflow, not sure if you are exaggerate or not.

Fenrina.2954:

It’s not about how well they play said character, but if that character is strong enough. That’s what a dps check is about.

I saw so many level 80 characters in, at least, exotic gear that were lying dead in front of the watchknight after his aoe pull. You can have the best gear in the game and won’t contribute anything to the fight because you didn’t understand the, really simple, core mechanics of that encounter.

MauricioCezar.2673:

Did you read my post? I’ve done Every achiev since start of game. This means, that achievs mean a lot for me. And also, means a lot for a lot of players.

Okay, so put some effort in it

Tommyknocker.6089:

kokiman.2364:

Tommyknocker.6089:

For some reason I can see the champ trains becoming much more popular again tomorrow.

Yeah because god forbid some challenge in the game, people rather autoattack bosses for hours instead of having a small challenge.

What happened with gamers these days?

Was not the challenge I was referring too actually, although many might find this to be to challenging to them with the blue auto-heal (bug?). I was referring to the 2/3 reduction in loot being offered now as the champ farming just became more lucrative.

And there are so many dungeons that are more lucrative than champ farming. Yet people don’t do that. I mean who cares for the loot in this event anyways? There will be a few lucky people who get the rare skins and that’s it. Does this change anything about the fact that we had a pretty cool fight and killed scarlet?

CureForLiving.5360:

Well on the one hand it has been buggy, on the other they’re quick to address most of the game breaking bugs.

The leeching problem has been a problem since the scarlet invasions and continues to be one.

I think that break wasn’t soley for the LS finale but also for the china release. After it went live I am pretty sure we can expect updates on the quality level before the finale (which weren’t too bad) or even better.

Fenrina.2954:

They’re not dps checks, but you recommend everyone maxing out their damage… No offense, I don’t think these statements work well together.

No I recommend people to actually try their best. I never implied that they should come with full asc. zerker on a full zerker specced character.

Tommyknocker.6089:

For some reason I can see the champ trains becoming much more popular again tomorrow.

Yeah because god forbid some challenge in the game, people rather autoattack bosses for hours instead of having a small challenge.

What happened with gamers these days?

Wallace MacBix.2089:

Why can’t the event scale down so 10 people in exotics (maybe even rares) can kill a knight in ~12 min?

Because people would abuse it. It sometimes A.Net definitely needs to work on, the actual dynamic scaling of events. Not just scaling the event at the beginning of the fight but also in the middle of it, not sure how easy or exploitable that would be but still.. this is something they should look into.

RyuDragnier.9476:

kokiman.2364:

CHIPS.6018:

So I just tried that “Kill 3 Legendary Clockworks” quest. It is nothing but a DPS test. Can we please stop having quests like these?

These quests are saying:
If you are not using berserker gear, go home.

No these “quest”, they are actually called events, are not a DPS check, they are events that encourage people to play together. The biggest problem right now is, that there are way to many “unique snowflakes” around that keep shouting “I PLAY HOW I WANT AND YOU PLAY HOW YOU WANT” which is something that just doesn’t work in a genre that is all about playing together.

He’s right though on that it’s a DPS check…a massive one. They buffed the toughness of the knights along with the 50 person cap.

But still there are 50 people attacking one mob, if everyone would come with his best geared character and at least informs himself abuot the event, uses buff food, the lions arch damage buff and skills that support group damage, the fight would go wayyy smoother than it does now.

But like I said the main problem is the “me” mentality in MMOs these days, when it used to be a “we” mentality.

Sure A.Net said a lot times “play how you want” but I am pretty sure they meant “play however you want, but try to be reasonable” and not “well yeah just don’t try at all, just press autoattack everything will be fine other people will piggyback you through this”

The only problem is that the “zerg” tends to be slow when it comes to adapting new mechanics. It took me at least 1 day to convince people to not split because that is the best thing that worked, now we have a new patch and at least another day will pass until people realized that you can only 50 man one knight and have to split up. Another example would be tequatl, he now spawns at uneven hours.. will take at least a week until everyone knows that.

I think it would be a really nice feature if A.Net would send patch notes via ingame mail to people, especially when it comes to changing core mechanics of a fight.

CHIPS.6018:

So I just tried that “Kill 3 Legendary Clockworks” quest. It is nothing but a DPS test. Can we please stop having quests like these?

These quests are saying:
If you are not using berserker gear, go home.

No these “quest”, they are actually called events, are not a DPS check, they are events that encourage people to play together. The biggest problem right now is, that there are way to many “unique snowflakes” around that keep shouting “I PLAY HOW I WANT AND YOU PLAY HOW YOU WANT” which is something that just doesn’t work in a genre that is all about playing together.

Pie Flavor.1647:

tequatl with a random group or the zerg that goes there usually nets around 50g/hour

What?                      

Allowed yes. If you/your friend will get banned for it accidentially, no one knows.

Apparently those twitter accounts aren’t official A.Net accounts. They sometimes (in the case of scarlet for example) get some exclusive material.

Tobias Trueflight.8350:

Your proposal would give the LB a niche he could fill but I don’t like direction you’re going. The warrior LB is also a AoE-control weapon. Yet I want to use the ranger LB to kill people, not to CC the to death. I don’t want a counterpart to the warrior LB.

Try this:

Longbow skills:

1. Long-Range Shot. Gets increasing damage the further it travels to the target. Starts lower and gets higher than it is currently, so you will want to use it at range and so people will not want to be at maximum range against a ranger.

2. Rapid Fire. Needs to be no longer a net loss of DPS. So make it a stacking ability with 0.5 sec recharge; each hit adds a stack which makes the next shot of Rapid Fire stronger to a value something on par with a full Might stack. Any other skill than Rapid Fire will have the bonus but set Rapid Fire’s cooldown ticking. A shot after Rapid Fire reaches full stack will also reset it. No matter what, if you keep this skill it has to be stronger instead of a net loss of damage vs auto-attack.

3. Hunter’s Shot. Leave it alone for the most part, maybe increase Stealth duration a little and let the pet inflict Vulnerability on its next attack if it hits.

4. Point Blank Shot. Knockback and Interrupt in case of Stability. This doesn’t need changing, really since it’s supposed to help keep an enemy out of your face where LB is weakest.

5. Barrage. If possible, the first hit Immobilizes, then it Cripples. If not, then Immobilize followed by Crippled when Immobilize ends. If that’s not possible, Immobilize 1s per hit and call it a day.

Why not add a small aoe explosion to the auto attack?
Also: I really like your Rapid Fire suggestion.

Antaris.5281:

kokiman.2364:

timmyf.1490:

The other alternative is to actually earn the achievement by playing the content properly.

Griefing/Afk leching won’t be punished, so why bother?

(I don’t grief/afk leech)

Maybe that’s why we discuss about it?

Not in this thread.

Mad Rasputin.7809:

Play how you want, I’ll play how I want.

Where does this attitute come from?

Whatever you do, don’t do champtrains especially when this is your first character.

Doggie.3184:

It’s not Mordremoth, it’s Twitter that’s a clown. Stop visiting that crappy website.

It’s a.net using social media again.

timmyf.1490:

The other alternative is to actually earn the achievement by playing the content properly.

Griefing/Afk leching won’t be punished, so why bother?

(I don’t grief/afk leech)

So looks like modremoth is on twitter now. Can someone explain me why everything that comes out of the LS has to be quirky and funny in some way? This guy is supposed to be an ancient dragon, not a clown.

Smooth Penguin.5294:

It’s like reading a book, and complaining before you finish the last couple of chapters. Have patience my friend. If the final part of the LS doesn’t satisfy you in two weeks, then complain.

This patch is supposed to be the finale of season 1. Not the patch after that.

Nawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

zodiac armor with the new scarlet helmet

What exactly do you mean with lag? Network lag or low framerates (which shouldnt be called lag)

Who are you asking? Because you are posting in the Players Helping Players forum and “we”, the players, can’t help you with that.

aspirine.6852:

kokiman.2364:

aspirine.6852:

kokiman.2364:

The grind in GW1 was horrendous

What grind again?

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/List_of_PvE-only_skills
Just to name one of those grinds

Sorry but that is/was just easy stuff, for me it was atleast. But then again I loved vanquish and dungeons.

So my point is not valid?

GuzziHero.2467:

kokiman.2364:

The longevity of these mice is important to me

Then stay away from those gaming mice, buy a g400 and be happy with it. Those thumb buttons are a stupid gimmick anyways.

Not even slightly.

I have a Logitech G600 and simply could not play engineer, elementalist or ranger without those side buttons. I never have to take my right hand off the mouse in combat.

Awesome mouse.

I play those classes aswell. Guess what I am doing perfectly fine without thumb buttons.

aspirine.6852:

kokiman.2364:

The grind in GW1 was horrendous

What grind again?

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/List_of_PvE-only_skills
Just to name one of those grinds

The longevity of these mice is important to me

Then stay away from those gaming mice, buy a g400 and be happy with it. Those thumb buttons are a stupid gimmick anyways.

Nick.6972:

kokiman.2364:

The grind in GW1 was horrendous

The average player (not rich) could gear out a new character with the best stat armor and weapons PLUS get the max level in less than 4 hours.

Yeah I already knew that you didn’t play GW1 since release

The grind in GW1 was horrendous

I’d go with sylvari, like Mystic Starfish said, their cultural armors are very cool.

RockDemon.3627:

Well, they’re starting WvW Season 2 on Mar 28. That said, it wouldn’t make sense for them to do a major balance patch in the middle of a season. I think we should expect that critdmg and sigil patch to hit before Season 2 starts. I’d also expect the WvW accountbound ranks before the 28th as well, either on the 18th or 25th. I just wasn’t sure if that was tomorrow or not. It looks like there hasn’t been official word one way or the other, so we’ll just have to hold tight and see what anet does.

March 28 sounds unlikely (because we haven’t heard about anything from it so far besides the balance update) so either they will release it in the middle of the season or after it (may 16th)

Would I be able to just level up my crafting skills after Escape From Lion’s Arch ended?
Yes
What about crafting materials? Will I be able to get them after the event has ended?
Doesn’t seem like it but noone except A.Net knows for sure.

frifox.5283:

What about this kind of “private” dps meter?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_a7SkN6kULI

Neat

Because A.Net seems to have problems with the class balance and since those balance patches take ~4 months each I don’t see that problem to be solved any time soon.

Some people like underwater combat, some people like WvW, some people have way too many leftovers from chef-crafting. That’s why there are more than 5 achievements.. you can choose what to do.

Wanze.8410:

If you not gonna use them, delete them.

Or transform them into PvP skins.

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/the-game/releases/

Here you have a pretty good summary of all the past events

Torch for soloing
Shield for group play
I would use focus for both, though.

Just to stop the discussion, I bought all of them.

Elrey.5472:

Melfice.5091:

You’re right, the trolls who pvp in a pvp area aren’t welcome. Please get your kitten together and don’t make huge wine threads about pvp in a pvp area

And here i am, thinking that this forum is a place to help others… so much dissapointing from your answers. I don’t know why do i even care trying to change something that it’s bad in so many ways.

Sigh… ok, you win. This game is all about anger and making other players have nightmares. It’s all about danger, madness, evilness, darkened hearts, selfishness and corrupted behaviours. I should play that way, and if i find you in my random walks in WvsW doing a puzzle I should show no mercy… that would fit better with the game, instead of trying to be nice.
That’s what you want me to do, right?

Okay what is the purpose of this thread do you want to hear other opinions on this matter or not? If you don’t want to hear them, create a blog and post about what happened to you there, you are free to post that link to your blog in the linksville subforum.

My opinion on this topic is something your probably don’t want to hear. It’s a PvP zone, way to many people got used to getting freebies with no risk what so ever and this is wrong.

KOPPER.1458:

almost got armor, but decided to wait. 2 reasons.
1: I want to know what the locker is going to do before I buy armor
2: waiting for kasmers staff

The PvP locker?

This may not the best answer but maybe you can work with this information

Attack is a value that is listed on the hero panel. It is derived from adding the character’s power attribute and the max weapon strength of the equipped weapon (or average of max weapon strength if two one-handed weapons are equipped). This is purely a derived value and is not directly used in any calculations: damage for weapon skills is based on the product of weapon strength and power, while utility skill damage is only based on power.

Dungeons, try to find a dungeon you can do on a daily basis that you are comfortable with. For example: AC 1,3, CoE 1-3, SE 1,3. Most of them can be done pretty quickly. This gives you a steady income and you can turn those tokens into money aswell.

Faowri.4159:

The event design is really at fault for this. Non-participation should mean no rewards. Can’t blame people for taking advantage of flawed game design IMO (slightly different to true exploits).

Why? They are acting selfish in a genre/game that is all about playing together and sometimes they even mock players for actually doing the event.

Kumu Honua.2751:

kokiman.2364:

Leechers are a community problem, the zerger mentality is a problem that comes from all the previous content, so it’s a.nets “fault”. A.Net can fix that zerger mentality without our help, we can’t fix the leecher problem without A.Nets help.

Anet can change the afk timer in the LA event to 5 minutes like it is in wvwvw. They have the tools to fix the issue. They haven’t done so.

Maybe this timer only works playmode wide, so either everywhere in pve or nowhere. Dunno, they must have a reason why they are not fixing it. Would be kinda interessting to hear about those reasons, to be honest.

Zabrios.6079:

kokiman.2364:

Fafnir.5124:

Still won’t fix problem adding 30 to the zerg won’t cause the event to suddenly succeed. In fact afkers are better then players who stay dead in events scaling them so they cant be done. how is that for karma

So you actually defending those leechers? :/

Do you hate leechers but you don’t say a thing about zergers? They’re doing the SAME, not helping citizens.

Leechers are a community problem, the zerger mentality is a problem that comes from all the previous content, so it’s a.nets “fault”. A.Net can fix that zerger mentality without our help, we can’t fix the leecher problem without A.Nets help.

Fafnir.5124:

Still won’t fix problem adding 30 to the zerg won’t cause the event to suddenly succeed. In fact afkers are better then players who stay dead in events scaling them so they cant be done. how is that for karma

So you actually defending those leechers? :/