Guild Wars 2

You should post this in the bug section… I really want them to fix this.

The jewels should be allowed to be placed into ascended gear

Burtnik.5218:

Azukas.1426:

Malchior.5732:

Azukas.1426:

while being able to 1v1, group fight, and sustain.

Isn’t that the whole reason to even take Revenant?

Doing it all while having mobility and pumping out THAT much damage is broken.

I understand you don’t want to lose your shiny new toy but overall game balance is more important than your desires

And more important than your desires as well. Rev mobility depents on having a target. Without it they are slow af unlike thief.

While in Glint stance they can have “perma swiftness”, or use Impossible Odds while in Shiro stance and immediately switch to Glint for a refill on upkeep, though

Hi All,

I sometimes experience a bug that happens when I try to leave a PvP match as soon as it ends. I will leave, but I will be immediately teleported back to the match. This happens in ranked and unranked.

Reminds me of Piros from .hack’s ps2 game series

True, Fashion Mage. That’s because the skills I listed are our current “viable” skills to use in the PvP game mode… I was trying to improve on them, since it’s what we can currently use to some level of success

Hi All,

I didn’t see anything when I controlled+F, but… if anyone else knows of a thread talking about the most recent ESL please direct me there.

Anyway, I was wondering what other people thought of the most recent ESL. Just to let you know, I only watched several of the fights, but it seems that most teams were composed of a necromancer, revenant, elementalist, mesmer, and engineer. The fights were really good, and above the level of what I normally see in ranked PvP (it is two teams going at it after all). Seeing mirror comps fight makes you really notice the different things people can do when using similar “tool kits”. It seems in another week there will be more fights (since this was week 1), but I hope to see variations in team composition. Hopefully a DH :O!

Loving the idea of “purify” and “silence” and how they would be exclusive to Guardian. I do not agree with the trap change. A change like that would warrant guardian receiving the current trap trigger boon upon deploying the trap (basically changing when Guardian’s receive the boon). Virtuous speed would be a godsend… I’m praying it makes it through. Spear of Justice needs to be unblockable. There’s way too many blocks going around (mesmer, revenant, engineer, etc.). Shelter is not used in PvP anymore for a reason… It needs to have a cooldown of 20 seconds. Shield of Wrath meditation? Good freaking idea! Guardian downed #1 should have a 25% chance to purify an enemy.

Hi All,

I recently posted the below change recommendations in “Q:[Suggestion] Guardian Balance”, but I want people to see solely my ideas in one thread. I don’t think my recommendations are irrational or over the top.

What Guardian needs right now is more sustainability, condition removal and resistance, and damage mitigation. I want to hear what the Guardian community has to say regarding my recommendations. Guardian needs to be reworked, and I’m here to voice my opinion.

Profession mechanic

• Virtues: They should pulse a boon with a slight delay, similar to Herald’s facets.
F1 = might; F2 = regeneration; F3 = protection

• Wings of Resolve: Extend its range from 800 to 1,200. While airborne players should receive Resistance until they land. It should innately remove one condition

Weapons

• Greatsword: Greatsword’s second hit in its auto attack chain should apply cripple for ½ a second

• Longbow: Reduce the cast time of Hunter’s Ward from 2 ¾ seconds to 2 seconds

Utility

Meditations

• Combine Contemplation of Purity and Smite Condition together. This new meditation skill should convert all conditions on the player to boons and should deal damage based on if a condition was converted or not. Give it a cooldown of 30 seconds

• Judge’s Intervention: Reduce the cooldown from 45 seconds to 35 seconds

Elite

• Dragon’s Maw: Players trapped inside the maw should lose a boon every second

Core Specialization

Virtues

• Inspired Virtue: Boons should be applied on key release

• Absolute Resolution: While F2 is passive, resistance should be applied for 2 seconds every 10 seconds

• Indomitable Courage: It should allow aegis to stack up to two times. While F3 is passive and a player does not have aegis, the player should receive protection for 2 seconds every 10 seconds. The timer should start after the player is without aegis

Hello,

Here are my suggested Guardian changes:

Profession mechanic

• Virtues: They should pulse a boon with a slight delay, similar to Herald’s facets.
F1 = might; F2 = regeneration; F3 = protection

• Wings of Resolve: Extend its range from 800 to 1,200. While airborne players should receive Resistance until they land. It should innately remove one condition

Weapons

• Greatsword: Greatsword’s second hit in its auto attack chain should apply cripple for ½ a second

• Longbow: Reduce the cast time of Hunter’s Ward from 2 ¾ seconds to 2 seconds

Utility

Meditations

• Combine Contemplation of Purity and Smite Condition together. This new meditation skill should convert all conditions on the player to boons and should deal damage based on if a condition was converted or not. Give it a cooldown of 30 seconds

• Judge’s Intervention: Reduce the cooldown from 45 seconds to 35 seconds

Elite

• Dragon’s Maw: Players trapped inside the maw should lose a boon every second

Core Specialization

Virtues

• Inspired Virtue: Boons should be applied on key release

• Absolute Resolution: While F2 is passive, resistance should be applied for 2 seconds every 10 seconds

• Indomitable Courage: It should allow aegis to stack up to two times. While F3 is passive and a player does not have aegis, the player should receive protection for 2 seconds every 10 seconds. The timer should start after the player is without aegis

OP, what you said resonated with my soul. I wonder why WoR only has an 800 range… then I think about how GS 3 only has a range of 600. Our cooldowns need to be lowered, and our traits and virtues need to be reworked. If our mobility is going to suck, then we need better condition removal. Guardian needs a complete overhaul. It isn’t built to withstand the meta that’s going on.

Longbow and greatsword… Lol

If ANet isn’t selling it from their site or a certified retailer (Best Buy, etc.)… don’t buy it… The “discount” sellers most likely got the code through illegal means

kitten your damage is cold man

Storm.1653:

There are Tanky amulets you can choose, but you don’t cause you want to try and one shot people with your Traps. Bookittenwhoo. Someone wants there cake and eat it too.

At high level play who in their right mind would choose to use another amulet for guardian? It won’t work as well as using marauders, regardless of how lacking our sustain is. Becoming “extra tanky” doesn’t suddenly solve the issues DH is plagued with. Let’s get real here. Using a tanky amulet makes me dead weight… because I can no longer do the damage I did with marauders… I suddenly become a slow dps’ing turtle that will eventually die anyway

Ithilwen.1529:

DH already has quite a bit of sustain. That’s not all the issue either. As Mesmer I don’t dare get close for the trap bombs. It takes me a minute or more to wear down a DH from a distance. By that time there team arrives and I run away or die.

More sustain would definitely be OP. DH is already pretty strong on holding home or mid. I also combines very well with Necro or Ele. This season has been all about stacking and DH has been a big element of those stacks.

Yes it is an issue, otherwise I wouldn’t have posted this. Mesmer lacks sustain as well… I’m not surprised you run into issues fighting DHs as a mesmer. Anything combines well with an ele or necro

Dahkeus.8243:

Armor doesn’t really mean much. If you’re running utility skills full of DPS skills, then I don’t see how you should expect to be super tanky in the middle of a ton of cleave/condis.

I never suggested I want to be super tanky. In the screen shots I posted I was also in a custom arena match, relaxing. I normally don’t run the whirling trap, but instead use Smite Condition.

Even with that one utility change, there is nothing “better” for me to choose from. Guardians using marauder’s amulet can’t expect to be tanky no matter what…

foogison.5067:

@mrauls and other DHs

I alt DH often as I love the trap utility, I’ve found the sword/focus combo to be pretty boring, how do you feel about hammer vs. GS ?

I can’t recommend hammer in good faith anywhere besides PvE (raids). GS is okay, but you can’t be in melee for too long because DH doesn’t have the proper survival tools to last long in melee. Hammer requires you to be too close to the target at all times (and is extremely slow), whereas with GS you can kind of maneuver a bit

Pyriall.1683:

mrauls.6519:

I still believe this is an issue that needs attention… A good start would be giving guardians (DHs) more sustain… meditation healing could be buffed or a trait could be reworked to give more health or protection uptime…

Sure, give them more sustain at the cost of damage reduction.

Why should guardian be nerfed in another area to receive a buff in another? Guardian damage isn’t over the top in team matches

I still believe this is an issue that needs attention… A good start would be giving guardians (DHs) more sustain… meditation healing could be buffed or a trait could be reworked to give more health or protection uptime…

They’re in a good spot. When fighting them as a DH, it’s hard to keep up with their sustain, which can make it seem as if they’re OP. If I had a little bit more sustain I’d feel on par with them, and maybe then the fights would seem more even or “skill based”.. I’ve fought some pretty good revs, and I don’t believe they should be nerfed, but I believe other classes not on their level need to be brought up to it.

I was testing out the amount of hp the 6th bonus runes of vampirism gives and I noticed this…

Is the tool tip wrong, or does it really break stuns?

A lot of people say they didn’t buy gold or materials, and each time ANet exposes them…

I think all in all we can say ANet doesn’t update things a lot (wvw, pvp, etc.) which is the real cause of a concern

Thank you for letting this item be in the gem store for 7 days… I’m on business travel right now, and I’m overjoyed I won’t have to give my little, little brother my credit card info to buy this for me, lol…

Do they stream or have a YouTube?

Should more professions have access to moa like abilities? If what you say can change the odds that much, I feel like it would establish a good counter to sustain classes

Sirbeaumerdier.3740:

mrauls.6519:

It sure does feel like it’s Sustain Wars 2 all over again…! Freaking stupid -_-

To be fair, it’s a far cry from what it was in s1. There aren’t any real tank anymore. Nothing a good well placed interrupt or better yet, Moa, can’t fix really fast.

I have to disagree… Have you seen how well eles can heal people and how well druids can revive? Sometimes there isn’t enough interrupts or moas to stop an ele or druid serious about their job…

It sure does feel like it’s Sustain Wars 2 all over again…! Freaking stupid -_-

Hi All,

The only thing I can play well is guardian (DH), so I feel I had an “easier” time getting to legendary than most would playing nothing but guardian from Amber to Legendary, but right now guardian is in serious need of an overhaul. It’s ridiculous how guardian, a heavy armor profession, can’t stay in melee range for too long, because it doesn’t have the proper tools to live in melee.

I feel like a far caster (mage/archer), because all I can do every game is sit in the back and shoot arrows. The only time I enter melee is to drop a “trap bomb” swap to GS and hit #2. I think the devs should look at engineer (scrapper) and revenant (herald) and see what allows them to stay in melee range for so long. It would be a blessing to have a trait that improves our toughness over time or heals us when we land a hit…

I’m interested in seeing what other people have to say in regards to the current situation of DH. It’s not easy being one… and it barely pays off to be good at it

Sorry just realized it’s exalted legend now.

Hi All,

I just hit legendary division, but I didn’t get the title “Primordial Legend”. I thought all it took to the get the title was hit legendary. Is this a bug?

Having a guild you’re close w definitely improves how you feel about the game. I think I’ve finally found another guild to call home after a guild I was in years back dissolved. May your bond with your guild last forever!

Care to share a screenshot

Those headaches you mentioned getting reminded me of when my eye used to ache after staring at my laptop screen too long.

I used to fish in RuneScape almost EVERY day in high school. I enjoyed fishing because it was my thing and it made me good money, but I wish I had stopped just so my right eye never started aching. I think it’s why I’m near sighted in my right eye now.

Don’t continue to farm the way you are if it has a negative effect on your health…

Engi is over the top right now.

Why has this NOT been implemented yet?

@Ragnar the Rock

You just described scrapper in a nut shell!

No wonder they can survive in melee range for so long. rolls eyes Balance

Welcome to the club. Our membership just seems to keep increasing…

How many bosses are in wing 2?

You all are pointing out things we severely need… Maybe if an ANet mod ever reads this thread they’ll share these ideas with other members of ANet

If you’re stuck in a division that is most likely the division you’re meant to be in UNLESS someone reveals to us something hugely flawed in the match making system

What you’re basically recommending is to remove the ability to lose a pip after a tier in a division is gained…

HMMMMM… That’s a good analysis you have there. I’ll keep that in mind!

They need to make zeal on par with dragon hunter so a more melee dominate play style can happen!

I hope anet doesn’t grant anymore of their requests…

Hi All,

I’ve been having a blast playing guardian and using longbow in PvP, but I feel like guardian doesn’t have high melee up time potential. If I stay in melee too long with greatsword I can die farely quickly… it feels like melee is becoming secondary for us in PvP.

Does anyone feel the same? Maybe we need more immunity that would allow us to stay in melee range without feeling like we’re going to die with one screw up. I feel like a ranger without a pet :/

^ I noticed that too

I don’t see what’s so bad about having a timer.

VG’s, Gors’, and Sab’s fights require skill and have mechanics. Sabetha is a complete snooze fest though…

Do you honestly want to have a single boss fight last 10-20 minutes?

I think they did that with gating each wing behind a purchase of tickets.

I’m currently working on creating the legendary pvp backpack precursor. So close!

Like you said, it’s all for fun

Gotta be kittenting me