Guild Wars 2

if they really were blocking all 3 exits to your spawn…play on a different map?

Josh XT.6053:

Hesacon.8735:

1440×900 resolution and not once did it get in the way. An option to turn it off would great if it were just that: an option. I like to know if a camp or tower gets flipped so I know where the action is happening.

Your resolution might have been the resolution that they had in mind, mine was not. I think mine is something like 1366×768 and it takes up 1/3 of my screen almost.

4k or gtfo!

hahah…j/k

Straegen.2938:

Remove PPT and don’t replace it. In its place create weekly reward tracks for player kills, yak escorts, defending objectives, capturing objectives, etc. Then create a scoreboard that shows what rank each guild and player falls on during the match and across all matches. Rewards from these tracks would be guild items for guilds and unique WvW player trophies like skins.

Who will be the best Yak Slapper this week? Which guild will have the best KDR? What guild is taking the most structures? What player is dominating the camps? What player is the siege master this week? These questions and more could be answered on a weekly basis.

ANet created a system the rewards players mostly on capture and scores servers based on what they hold. The problem with PPT is that it rewards population imbalances and rewards the laziest of play. Lets score and reward players and guilds for being active in WvW. Let them show off just how good they are in a variety of metrics.

this would be awesome. +1

So now with server linking we have a problem with queues sometimes, and some people want DBL back, and some don’t, but mixing ABL and DBL would make for unbalanced matches.

So…why not have 1 ABL and 1 DBL map per side? so 7 maps total including EB. Then people could spread out and relieve the queues…and play on the whichever map they prefer.

Helzy.4036:

Balthazzarr.1349:

oh my, you have opened up a can of worms… I’m interested in seeing the responses… For myself, I can’t/won’t say whether or not it’s “worth” coming back since that’s a personal choice. The only thing I will say is to try it and see. Worst that can happen is you don’t like it and leave again.

You’re probably right, what I really would like to know is how this world linking works, there doesn’t seem to be much detail other then glicko resets and angry low tier servers in the sticky post about it. I don’t even know if you are stuck on your own server maps and scores just contribute to both servers or if you can guest to your allied servers BL’s, essentially playing on a different server.

The linked servers are essentially merged for the purposes of WvW (though not permenantly, as in they can change the links if necessary in the future). So there are only the 4 WvW maps and everyone from both linked servers plays on them.

I think the main issue is that the alert is in the middle of the screen. I think it would be sufficient to have it in the chat channel only, but I don’t want to see it go away. Those notifications are a constant reminder that there is action going on and makes the maps feel more alive (imo).

Just a quick suggestion that was a small but cool feature from DAoC. If a guild has a WvW objective claimed, there should be an alert message in the guild chat channel if the objective becomes contested (guards killed, doors or walls under attack). The message should be visible to all guild members regardless of what map they are on.

For hardcore WvW guilds, this would help if the guild was on a different map than their claimed objective, and for PvX guilds, it would help bring people out of PvE to help defend in WvW.

I think the changes to make guild claims more visible (tooltips on the map, guild tags on the guards) were great, and this would be another small step to improving WvW.

These messages are important and should stay, but I agree there should be an option to have them only show in the chat log instead of in the middle of the screen.

Kanebrake.6192:

Liston.9708:

displacedTitan.6897:

I am very excited for the nostalgia bubbles to burst when people realize how boring Alpine is to play on again.

So much this. Remember all th whines for new maps? Apparently others don’t remember them at all….

So much NOT this. A lot of people wanted new maps that were NOT like eotm and had less pve than alpine did. Then they gave us more pve in a map that was a lot like eotm. And that was only the beginning of the problems people had with desert bls. No one asked that the new map be filled with gimmicks, but that is what we got. So people legitimately complained because it was pretty much the opposite of what had been requested over the past 2.5-3 years.

but then they just added all the new gimmicks to the old maps and you think that’s better now? …

Xillllix.3485:

Would have been much better to implement a new system with 4 different maps, instead of having 3 copies of the old map back.

yes…why does it have to be all the same? 4 different maps would be great…even better would be if they were all connected, with EB in the middle. (like DAoC frontiers)

why does it have to be one or the other? I like both maps….

people need to think outside the PPT box when thinking about how the scoring system might change.

Grayclay.4579:

Also, I’ve always wondered, what is PU? Power Uxxxxx?

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Prismatic_Understanding

Personally, I’m enjoying roaming on my druid in DBL these days. Only went to EB once since HoT dropped and hated it.

I agree PPT needs to go. points should only be flowing in if there is constant activity, not just for capping an objective and leaving, so your system makes sense to me. I think people are getting hung up on the dolyak aspect of it and not seeing the bigger picture of how scoring would work without PPT.

yeah they need to change the scoring system before the next season…hopefully sooner rather than later.

Grayclay.4579:

How sweet would it be if each server duo had their own themed borderland? Alpine, Jungle, Desert, and they rotated to each server duo over the weeks, so everyone could be happy!

definitely NOT jungle. rolling hills of green would be nice

Vael Victus.2654:

I eagerly await the day we have three separate Borderlands maps — alpine, desert, forest — and we can choose to play whichever whenever.

Having started playing MMOs with DAoC, I am very partial to having 3 unique borderlands. What I really wish is that all 3 were connected with EBG in the middle.

I like DBL…but then again i’m a filthy casual ;p

dank.3680:

Roaming does not = running around empty maps in a circle capping uncontested camps and once in awhile 2 man ninja a tower because there is noone to fight.

Roaming is plenty alive on high pop servers, it’s actually back to real roaming with real risks.

Are any of the dungeon paths soloable?

arg! i’m only rank 860ish and spent all my points on siege stuff i never use because their was nothing else…i guess i’ll have to bust out some more ranks for autoloot …

do we get a wvw points reset with this addition?

spawn camping is boring and dumb as an attacker…never bothers me as a defender since there are 3 exits to every spawn, and 4 spawns to choose from.

EdgarMTanaka.7291:

1. I don’t like grinding.
2. I have never looted a precursor even though I played since pre-release.
3. I like other skins more than most of the Legendaries.
4. Old legendary can be bought, no prestige to own one or two.

pretty much this…

not only is it not “against the rules,” it’s intended. the option to double team is the whole reason why good rvr games have 3 sides.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/wuv/Proof-of-Heroics-will-become-account-bound

Squishy.3806:

It isnt a full server merge. from what it looks like its only in WvW

WvW is the only place were the concept of “servers” is even relevant. Servers everywhere else were merged long ago with the “megaserver” system.

I miss the sense of wonder and I got from exploring Tyria pre-HoT. I feel like i’ve been in a dungeon since HoT came out…

https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/4ebntq/massive_war_in_tier_2_the_rebellion_needs_you/d1yo8w2

what’s the fun of roaming on a dead server? i’m on T1 and roaming is fine…just have to avoid the zergs

https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/4dhos1/the_wvw_live_beta_test_for_rewards_and_population/d1raljg

[–]frvwfr2Mesmer Character? YB/BG/JQ/FA 3 points 3 hours ago
I wonder when we’ll get info on what that actually means.

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[–]Anet-TylerB [score hidden] 10 minutes ago
The new answer is that you’ll find out the specifics of the WvW live beta as part of the release notes, rather than a blog in advance.

Deniara Devious.3948:

What Arenanet doesn’t seem to understand that a lot of players want the OLD WvWvW back. This means the original borderlands (I would prefer to have the lake back, but honestly players are divided on this, some liked the ruins). Revert the HoT revenant + elite spec power creep, balance changes and get rid of the HoT stuff like tactivators, banners, auto upgrades. Let’s call this WvWvW classic.

not sure how many DAoC players are still around, but this is hilarious to me. Totally getting flashbacks to the New Frontiers/Classic Frontiers debacle…

looks like we’ve got a sit in…

same problem with my Necro. I was just going through my characters unlocking wherever they were, and my necro happened to be in HotM. No weapon and no unlock.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/Update-Client-stuck-on-initializing

already mentioned i’m sure but i miss the jumping puzzle daily

imo it’s way easier and cheaper to run zerker armor and celestial trinkets than vice versa.

same problem here. I was queued, left the queue, left the heart of the mists, and then had the queue pop in a PVE map….

nothing we didn’t already know. i don’t get the reasoning behind teasing out info like this. why don’t they just give us all the details up front?

does the fix include the finishers that we didn’t get? I got my chest/tickets, but not the finisher.

no in combat ressing + auto respawn after 5 minutes.

imo, WvW would be sooo much better with these 2 small changes.

yes. win 8.1 actually, and now that i think about it, it might have started when i updated from win 8 to 8.1? not sure though.

Scarlet’s Rainbow

yeah i noticed it started doing this a while back…not sure exactly which patch started it though.

Garrisyl.7402:

They also swapped the positions of the armor repair vendor and the guild banker in Lowlands Keep. IMO such game-changing things should be on the patch notes.

i’m pretty sure the vendors change position every time they spawn.

yeah it is…i thought there were none available and put in a buy order and it was immediately filled. only then did i see that there are several for sale already.

UnitedChaos.8364:

mcarswell.3768:

sure, why don’t we dumb the game down even more. how about removing traits also?

UnitedChaos.8364:

-Increases balance in WvW.
(Since F&N isn’t a requirement not every body uses it. For example, you come across a player who is using F&N while you aren’t. Your defeat usually is quick and painless.)

If you’re losing 1v1 to a player using food and you’re not, it’s not because of the food. That player obviously cares about maximizing his performance while you obviously don’t, which probably carries over to other aspects of your gameplay.

Skill is a major factor, I 100% agree.

Let’s delve deeper. If there was a 1v1 between two players, same class, same build, equal experience; but one uses F&N. We both agree that the F&N user would win, correct? So does double clicking an item makes that player better? I don’t feel that is very skillful.

imo, clicking the right item is a skillful choice, in the same way that selecting the right traits for a build is a skillful choice.

in your scenario assuming 2 equally geared, equally skilled players, both with power builds for example, let’s say one chooses to use sharpening stones and truffle steak, and the other uses tuning crystals and veggie pizza. the 2nd guy is using F&N that doesn’t complement his build, and therefore is at a disadvantage because of an uninformed or inexperienced choice.

i consider food part of a build, just like armor and traits, and i appreciate the extra level of depth it gives to maximizing my characters’ potential.

sure, why don’t we dumb the game down even more. how about removing traits also?

UnitedChaos.8364:

-Increases balance in WvW.
(Since F&N isn’t a requirement not every body uses it. For example, you come across a player who is using F&N while you aren’t. Your defeat usually is quick and painless.)

If you’re losing 1v1 to a player using food and you’re not, it’s not because of the food. That player obviously cares about maximizing his performance while you obviously don’t, which probably carries over to other aspects of your gameplay.