Guild Wars 2

how would we be able to tell which guild say what in the chat?

the problem is not healing itself, but the fact that it pigeonhole a class. so in HoT ranger can no longer go DPS in raid without being scream at by other for not healing? are other classes not going to be able to heal their team because only druid does healing now? some people play engi for its flexibility and now it end up being a liability.

what I really think is the problem, is HoT is launch with only 1 specialization per class, that is the real problem why it doesn’t feel right nor balance, because it is not. it feel as if the specialization concept is launch before it is fully developed.

they can’t boost healing stat without breaking combos because that is NOT AFFECTED by stat. this is why the base is fix and the stat doesn’t impact much, GW2 is not design to be a face tank game, if there is a need for tons of heal then either the player are not playing it right or the game is not design correctly.

i didn’t even use healing stat to keep my team up in raid, so long as they know what they are doing, i only need to buff them periodically. buffing pure heal build will break the game imo. there were already attempt to build facetanker in fotm. using the right skill should be rewarded more than spamming heals.

the fact that healer are “needed” doesn’t mean they are “rewarded”, the way GW2 is, LOOT STICK is the king, and healer are the “nice guy that finish last”. if anet is seriously about encouraging healer, they need to fix the way the game reward players.

i disagree, commander tend to develop a standard style of organisation, and having 2 different UI not only means more work for development but also increase the complicity of command.

the UI does need work, however it shouldn’t be duplicated…

sound more like Reverant need a NERF…. BAHAHWUHA…HURHURHUR…

I don’t mind mastery, i just don’t agree with requiring exp to unlock them.

wish they work more like achievement that you are given a set of objective to fullfill. while it is true that this exp method allows a more open world experience, it does make the game very disorienting as to what player should be doing. it just feel so complicated cause you end up trying to figure out what is the best way to farm exp then really enjoying the map.

does anyone else think it is difficult and confusing to tell if something is higher or lower by looking at the map?

I found them hilarious and really adds live to this game… sure the novelty of it wears off after a while but really giant pet should be an elite skill

i immediately knew raid was up cause i was a commander and pop a beta lfg, alot of people didn’t believe me when i say its up, but i scrap up 10 brave soul and YOLO…

WEXXES.2378, it a little more complicated then just incompatibility. it seem the dev are suggesting party are failing because the server keeping the data are crashing, making it more of a runtime failure which may or may not be related to logic at all.

imo, the “bug” may actually had existed in live server for weeks before the beta. if you tag up, you can no longer “invite to party” like you can weeks ago, this problem isn’t new.

as to why it wouldn’t show up on internal testing, if I guess correctly, those test machine are setup to test new content, they don’t really have the machine, people nor time to duplicated the “old world” and test everything again, this is probably why they miss such a huge bug in the first place.

this is also why i posted a thread with negative view about the status of HoT on launch, it alot harder to fix bug that rises in the old world then the new one. certain thing just cannot be promised; aka “when it is done™”. the confidence of the dev on stream, doesn’t sound so reassuring now…

fyi, now the guild chat is not working… GG…. XD

maybe you guy should retest the commander tag outside the beta to make sure you don’t break the core game again, I think it is too ambition for anet to run a beta without first testing the code on the stable world. as I recall, this functionality was enable before the beta, and we were testing it in openworld map (to avoid disrupting wvw), we could already see problem cause by some of the diabled feature to normal tag play then, had we had a chance to play with it more, the issue could be addressed in a more manageable manner (serve their non-raid function first!)

lowest of priorities…

i mean who use those self sorting bags? ._.

squad UI was up for 2-3 hours… but by the time the beta is up and people are done story, they are left with 1 hour to raid. we only manage to get 9 people in as the squad UI doesn’t allow you to add ppl in another instance so ppl had to drop squad form party, taxi and then rejoin the squad, it just stupid.

Linken.6345:

And you dont even get that anymore that ended juli 31

and there u have it…

i got mine around launch, so 60 buck for 3 years… 2 dollar for a month, pretty worthwhile even if I did not play for like 2 years! xD gw2 is still a good investment…

:)

one [BUG] encountered was when the invite mode was switch, the commander cannot switch it back even if he disable the squad and create a new one, the setting is struck for good. GG.

other feature missing is the subsquad has no leader which make arranging subsquad somewhat pointless.

lastly it just very very hard to drag the windows size, of the dragbox is abit bigger, or self sizing it would be great.

but it definitely a liked feature, so cookies to the development team.

fyi, you can find places selling the game for $30-40, however you don’t get the goodies, and it not a preorder. sadly 2 years old owner will not get a rebate/refund, i believe you only get that if you buy it this yearish?

i am actually ok with the new content. it is different but different doesn’t mean it is bad. I am more concern with integration, as with development, the team will be concentrating on testing the new map and content, why it break apart is when they try these update onto the existing world.

anyway my point is, I don’t think their workload is just building content for the expansion, they have to rebuild part of the old game that they broke, and gw2 is a BIG kitten GAME. I am sure the beta helps, but to undertake a debugging mission of a game the size of gw2 in 1 month? I feel for the people working on this game. people don’t really realized how difficult this is to pull off.

no, their problem isn’t with the new map or raid, that is the problem. they have to cancel the raid because it broke the main game. and when that happens it is ALOT of work to do. you have to test everything again and it is a nightmare scenario for game development. you would rather want stuff in your NEW CONTENT to break because that is easy to fix.

arakkune.1429:

wait how much time did the red boss take? isnt he suppose to be only condi killed?

the fact that this is a mechanic is stupid enough, it means anet can’t design a balance against zerker and the only way they can get rid of zerker dominance is to disable them. I am actually quite disappointed that this is their “grand solution”.

despite the introduction of druid, blast healing continues to not be impacted by stat and remains the preferred way because anet had to keep to its promise that raid will require no fixed classes. unless they change the way blasting work, druid pretty much remain in their tiny niche which cannot be buff as it would break gw2 class flexibility foundation.

and a similar problem exist with condition damager, shifting them too much break the existing class balance; while had been buffing condi build before the beta, they do not want condi build that bypass armour yet counter by support to be the defacto damage dealer. that would just make support way too important and make strong support class dominate in pvp setting.

meanwhile, control side of the trinity continues to be nerf like no want cares if they exist or not…

this week’s can of worms might not had been a big deal, now we had an “announced” launch date, I really can’t see how anyone can finish building the game, even with the initial “reduced” feature without working themselves to death in time of the (unrealistic) launch date.

can it be done?

disregard, login server working again.

most players in the pacific area is kick from the server and unable to login. some are still shown as “ONLINE” ingame despite the gw2.exe is no longer running.