Can’t move the whole raid/guild/party in the same map from the get go.
Temples and the traits conected with them are not thought very well
RP is also screwed.
Guild missions need revamp.So guilds don’t bump into each other.
Cons+
Too many people doing events so it becomes harder to get EXP from mobs and to get credit for event.
Most events now are nothing more than hitting auto-attack, with no reason to dodge, heal or buff/debuff (because of too many people).
Choice gone whether the player wants to guest to a higher/lower populated server.
More lag.
(slightly) longer load times.
Less feeling of a community.
More trash talk/trolling/arguments.
Scaling doesn’t work well, now there’s more down scaled lvl 80 players running around killing things in 1 or 2 hits.
These are things I’ve personally witness (a hell of a lot) and what a lot of people on the forums are complaining about. I think the Cons outweigh the Pros.
So why not just remove “Much more people” as a pro and make it into a con because
everything you said is related comply to “more ppl.” And to be blunt if you want to play with less ppl maybe mmo are not for you.
I like the megaservers the cites are full of ppl now sadly the /m chat still dose not have a lot of ppl talking i guess ppl are there to do things and not just to chat.
Fine i will replace it with Full Maps.Also for me it is not a Con because i like seeing people around.
Onliterating stuff was never my thing.I never liked in WoW ho my lvl 85 could destroy everything in under lvl80.I don’t want GW2 to become the same thing
One more time yesterday the Worm failed because the randoms who were with our raid group at Cobalt couldnt kill it.People even tell in Say/Map chat what has to be done.But that is not helping at all.We explain more than enough.But Pugs either don’t know the tactick or are there only for achievement or just don’t care.
The Mega server is really screwing 120+ people that before were killing the Worm every day.
TxS members spent time learn the fight.Every one of us know the tactick and then we wipe only because there isn’t a proper instance for us.Every our member is pulling his/her weight and then some uncontrollable individuals show up and screw with our raid…I’m speachless.
Also i’m really curious.Why i can’t invite 80 people in my group and too see them.After all Teuatl and Worm are for 80 people aren’t they?So why i can’t make groups like in the other MMOs?There you can see everyone that is in your raid it doesn’t matter is it 10/20/25/40/72 people.Everyone is shown.
Heck, I would buy an expansion that offers proper instanced raid system for megabosses. If all Anet is worried about is the money.
Cause it seems like the non-expansion features/LS isn’t really cutting it, neither for them not for us.
Yes and Yes.I won’t mind at all if it’s a part of the expansion.I just want to have full controll over my map where are the 150 people being ported to.No strangers stalking the raid.
Devata@
I agree with you on 100%
Also when there is a raid instance the controll over the group is a lot better.Now with the mega server and before its introduction there is no way to stop pugs or people inviting their friends to join TxS raids.Right now the controll over Maps is awfull.
On top of that the old home servers were a bit better because we could port to them earlier 150 people and practice.WIth the current mega server we have to wait almost to the start of the event so we are certain that we have a map that is fully ours and filled with our members.Even yesterday we had a lot of pugs.
Happend the second time for me now ( well in a couple of month but still ).
What can one do to prevent this ?
Seriously, just wasted 1 hour of my gametime because of these idiots !
Would it be a solution to have everyone in the group vote for the kick ?
Shouldn’t you play at all if you see that there are 2 ppl from the same Guild in a Grp ?
I reported the one person i remember from the Group, /w him to ask if this is really serious and why the hell.
He told me just that he is not the one kicking, but refused to tell me the other players names.
So i guess he was just involved.
Its also a shame that the whole /party chat gets deleted after you are kicked out , so no chance to get the names of the ppl unless you /w with them before.
Does A-net even do anything about ppl that one reports for abusing the LFG ?
There is easy sollution until Anet makes a better one:
Because Anet doesn’t want to make more hard core encounters…Tequatl came oxxx god it’s tooo hard…Worm came oxxx GoD it’s again toooo hard….And now that boss has been nerfed to the ground.It’s like Anet doesn’t like to add things for the hard core player base.
Good that atleast TA Aether Path is still not nerfed.
In my opinion we need atleast 15 daily achievements.Five for each category PvE/PvP/WvW but they all still count for one daily.I really like that i don’t have to do more than 1 daily anymore.
Also why only 2 monthlies?Make them atleast 3 com’n…
I haven’t played in a couple of weeks because, well the only thing left for me was doing Teq and Wurms.
I laugh so, so hard at how simplistic a resolution to the whole mega server issue.
Districts. Remember those Anet? You had those in another game that didn’t have issues.
Whats that? EU players playing with NA players!!! Wow!!! That technology must be new and groundbreaking!!!
GW1 did instanced districts of zones and it worked, it worked very well.
Why is Anet so reluctant to look at the successes of the past and implement them into the here and now?
Because they want to reinvent the wheel and it just isn’t working…
TxS (EU) and TTS (NA) really need either a proper raid instances or a way to spawn the bosses easier.Why?I will tell why.
I’m from TxS and we don’t have nor the influence neither the merits to buy the consumable to spawn Tequatl,Worm or Karka.
When we try to gather all our 120+ people in the same mega server map we need a lot of tries to succeed and find an empty map.
This game needs solid permanent content, not some crappy Season 2 of temporary content that no one cares about after 5 hours post-premiere.
Hope the devs’ learnt from their mistakes.
Actually i think that WvW seasons and LS are great addition to the game.I love to farm achievements,titles or some kind reward.What i don’t like is that we don’t have more permanent content added.On that point i agree with you.
First up what I love about the new bosses on timers;
1. I know when they are up
2. I now get a chance to participate in the warm up events
3. There are heaps of people so it feels like a “world” event
4. I can see anet are already working to counter the zerg fest, and can’t wait till that gets fixed properly
Things I think could be improved
1. The rotation seems to favour the minor events which pop all the time
2. Temples now with the mega server they always look closed but when you port in they are always open, either fix that or maybe put temples in the world boss rotation??
Yes the temples Must be added in the rotation.Also Tequat and the worm should be more often and they shouldn’t start in time when in EU everyone is sleeping or something like that.
I’m really curious when will the Orr Temples be added in the timer tab with the rest World Bosses and events?Also why weren’t they added in the first place in the rotation?
Well basically i’m tired of clicking every time on all my armor pieces and accessories.One other game added the option to mark a specific gear as a set and to be able to put it with one click.
For instance:
Set 1 – Berzerker
Set 2 – Soldier
Why do i have to click on 6 armor pieces and 5 accessories one by one?Anet already added Retraiting everywhere in the game and Wardrop.How hard will be to added one more little option?To switch your whole gear with one button.This is not something new.Other MMOs have it.So why not here too?
I’m really concerned about Mega server too.Anet should have thought about some kind of system to help guilds like TxS and TTS to organise their raids better.
Also the new timers…I just don’t have words.
There is something specific thing here.Some classes are just better in PvE or PvP than other so they are prefered to be in the group.If it was me i would never take with me in a dungeon PUG who is with necro/engineer/ranger.Why?Because i know by default how will they play.
Now if we talk about friends i wouldn’t mind a lot because i know how the pre-made will support each other.But there are still some supreme classes which are better to have and PUGs know it.
I knew all your arguments before you said them. Your post IS why people hate Berserker’s gear users. You give them a bad name. No reason to get this angry over people playing whatever, much less attack them and make irrational “90% are bad” generalizations.
They are “greedy”, “selfish”, etc., if they don’t play your way. :P How more insulting can you get? You hate THEM, seeing them as “lowly”, as much as they supposedly hate you.
Hate the jerk, not the zerk.
(You do know that sometimes speedrunners ALSO join casual runs and complain, right? Unless they take for granted that every run is a speedrun, which isn’t true. Perhaps players know how to read more than what you are giving them credit for. Perhaps they made a mistake, or just want to annoy.)
Funny you should say that because I predicted this response already.
You know your post is the reason why people dislike non zerk users. You act like you know something but you don’t. Which I find funny.
Go to any PuG group and tell them the smallest change in the nicest way. Ranger run x please. Can you stack. etc etc. See how they respond. Most of the time it is a negative response or an excuse. Like we kill it just fine so we don’t have to change (getting carried?) or stop whining when it was just one comment about say getting frost spirit, stack tighter, or swapping out a movement speed signet during battle. It is all about teamwork but if you ask in a PuG group to do this it won’t happen or negativity comes from it even if you say it nicely.
Play how you want is the most toxic attitude that is perpetuated on these forums. It is about playing as a team. If some day Zealot becomes the best stat since healing power matters. I would run it instead of Zerk. Why? I’m want to contribute to the team. Not doing so means you are selfish and only thing about yourself. Why should use play how you want and ruin the experience for 4 other random people. You shouldn’t that is the definition of selfishness. Now if you are with 4 friends then that is a different story.
I love how you read beyond what I wrote. How do I think they are as you called them “lowly”. I have a feeling you are one of these people that think other people think of you as X because you fall under this category of individuals that people talk about on these forums. In fact my gripe is simply these “play how you want” individuals I encounter do nothing to contribute to the team. Even when they run like subpar gear and you ask them to carry just one utility to help the team they refuse to do so.
Speed runs do pugs all the time. I do coordinated speed runs with my guild and I have seen DnT members in my Arah pugs so it is nothing new to me. Just because someone doesn’t complain publicly doesn’t mean they aren’t doing it on TeamSpeak or other voice comms. That is the problem when people are like “nobody complains about me wearing x subpar gear.”
Uhhh iono what game you have been playing. But it isn’t just me that said people don’t read LFGs. Other people have said it on this forum. So either you are delusional or you are arguing for the sake of arguing. For example, if you put like say p1 you some times get people who ask you “what path is this” when it is the first thing people would read. For those that say make your own group but if you put full zerk there are people who join that doesn’t match that even when asked for gear checks. Then again gear checkers are elitists based on these forums.
As for 90%. Why do pugs dislike rangers. Is it because they are bad in dungeons? Nope as proven already over and over. The reason is that if you get a ranger in your group you can expect that the ranger won’t play well or won’t contribute to the team. Or what would you say “perhaps they don’t know”. Well if you suggest something to them nicely most of the time they’ll respond negatively to you or they will refuse to do it and contribute to the team.
OMG everything you said is top noch.And about rangers you couldn’t be more right.In general i don’t mind to have ranger in the group the problem starts when 90% of the people don’t know how to play the class properly.They are neither buffing the group nor are helping with the dmg.Only 10% of the rangers know how to play.About the rest i just don’t have words…
When i see a bear/bow ranger it is an instant kick.Those don’t contribute to the party with anything and are being boosted and that is something that i don’t tolerate and don’t like at all.
Zerker is needed in PvE Open world for better rewards
Against world bosses zerker is really inpractial, because you can’t even crit on structures, so at a lot of encounters it’s not the best option.
Just like to add to this part that while it is less effective against bosses like Teq themselves it is still useful when protecting turrets and such so it does have it’s place in world bosses. Just usually not in actually hitting the boss. :-P
Hahahaha the Worm is working exactly like that lol.
In phase 1 you can’t crit it at all but in Phase you can.My RL always says before we start pahse to everyone to go change to their zerker gear.
But yes there is but.The group composition should be easily switched.For instance some dungeons need two eles because you will do them faster.Other dungeons have different requirements so you will go only with one ele and the other one will change to some another class.
For instance in AC is good to have 2 eles but in CoF is better to have a mesmer replacing one of the eles and also swaping the guard to a ranger.So basically the composition will change.Different dungeons require different things.
Lets take now for example CM there is highly recommended to have thief with you.
I repeat different dungeons have different needs.
The PvE meta is made of 6 classes – warr/ele/thief/guar/mesmer/ranger
Xallever@
Yes mesmer’s feedback can work but the problem is that the class doesn’t have any healing spells.So when the reflect finishes and if the group takes too much dmg by accident and their healing spells are on cd?in this situation guard will heal and will give aegis.
Yeah… That doesn’t happen in the proper meta. All the reflects that you need will be covered as long as you properly feedback, iWarden and Time Warp.
Guard for p2 is nice to have at the trap part.
Healing is DPS loss and in most situations you don’t need it.
Exactly but dps loss or not it doesn’t really matter,because you have 4 fgs to cover for it
Xallever@
Yes mesmer’s feedback can work but the problem is that the class doesn’t have any healing spells.So when the reflect finishes and if the group takes too much dmg by accident and their healing spells are on cd?in this situation guard will heal and will give aegis.
Dalanor@
Ok i will rephrase.Guardian is not a must but is highly recommended.Especially for a pre-made group doing a speed clear.
Pug group can go without a guard yes.In P2 you also may not pull last boss in the corner but that is the most efficient way.
1+ Ele and the rest does not matter as long everybody runs META.
Pretty much this. Properly built eles are a great backbone for a group, speed clear or not. Take a warrior for banners and whatever other classes you need for that particular path.
Avoid tanky/healing characters and condi specs like the plague, also avoid things like double mesmers and such; bring the damage and the group will be fine.
Yeah, avoid Engi and Necros in general. Try not to have a Mesmer. Then build up from 1 Warrior and 2 Eles.
So the other 2 can be either a combination of Thief, Guardian & Ranger.
A Guardian for p2 would be nice.
A guard is a must because of your two eles you will want to pull boss in the corner to burst it with 4 fgs.Well for P2 with 2 eles if you go.
Optional is thief or ranger.It doesn’t mater which one.They both are great supporters.
yea it is very fast because as long the tank keeps us alive with heals and reflects and we use enough skills to survive.FGS from ele and vulnerability from thief will melt the bosses like butter.
But the combination i linked you is a pre-made group.
Why such things never happen to me?And i have almost 4k hours of play time.
I want to see a Screen shot or it never happened.
Also if you are being booted there are 2 solutions:
either make your own group or just you open the dungeon.
Legendaries are endgame items. You are not supposed to get them just for logging in.
Ture. You’re supposed to get them by paying them with real money and then logging in.
Well you either buy the gold with gems or farm it.Both ways work as expected.Some people have more time to play other less but have the funds to afford the legendary.Both ways are legit in my opinion.
Yargesh@
I have one legendary done,almost finished the 2nd one and now i’m working on 3rd one from which 1/3 is ready.But that is not the point.The point is that because of the legendary i stayed.
Because of it i started doing different things like:
World exploration
Speed clearing dungeons
WvW
And i started making friends.The legendary is the beginning but NOT the end.
Coming 15th April i may actually start doing more PvP too.Who knows.
were it not because I went for a legendary, I would’ve lost interest in GW2 a loong time ago.
There just isn’t anything else compelling for me to do in GW2, during the course of legendary crafting, I learned just soo much about the game, that I would otherwise have never bothered to learn.
Crafting a legendary is not an easy task, and not everyone has the perseverance or the income to do it (believe it or not, not everyone who has a legendary had $500 disposable income to throw at the game), and that’s what makes it so much more valuable.
Whenever I hear “lol twilight is ugly” or “lol everyone has a twilight” or “legendaries take no skill, there’s nothing legendary about it”, all I see is someone bitter because they can’t have what I have, and that just gives much more value to what I have, even if nobody is ever going to admit that.
This^^
GW2 is the same for me too.If it was not for the legendary i would have lost interest long time ago.Because of it now i’m also interested in many more different parts of the game.
I don’t think Anet knows what is a nerf.Right now i feel more OP than ever in dungeons.