Guild Wars 2

First they need to remove old non working dailies, like veteran mob kill and master ruins in WvW

64b client will fix ur crashes, but looks like it causes fps stutter at random times, at least happens to me for some secs

Yes, the better teams will be ontop in legendary league figthing against a few great teams, while good teams below or in legendary will have to make their way through the soloqfodder. Sometimes good soloquers will be banded together, but theyll always be at a disadvantage.

Skyline Crash.6254:

Hammerguard.9834:

DH is the only spec I found to be blatantly OP so far. Crazy sustain, burst damage, sustain damage, condi cleanse, crowd control, unblockable. Everything about them is mental.

Crazy sustain? What are you smoking, give me some of that chit

Lold

If the damage is nerfed ur better off using autos as they already hit decent, pierces, and CoR bugs out too often (which anet wont fix lets be real)

Id say keybinding is quite mandatory in general as clicking is tedious and boring

Hammer 2 is powerful in wvw when the right conditions are there, same way mortar kit 1500 range is a strong aoe tagstick without bugs

How many times havent i died to these snipers when they show up during large events when i was afk for some secs, thinking i was safe on the sideline :P

Silverkey.2078:

Masteries are irrelevant to PvP. So there is no reason to give mastery experience to PvP.

And yet we have PvE reward tracks in the PvP content, perhaps because of PvX players? Same reason WvW got a way to gain Hero Points.

There are grey areas here. Giving PvPers a possibility to gain mastery exp would be great, as it could help seducing them into PvE = more Revenue for Anet.

Currently its a bit of a mess, People are trying new builds, new premade comps, every class has a new ES, a lot of interest and frustration thrown around. On top its in unranked and many dont care about it. All in all it makes it easier for people to leave, as there is no drawback. It should settle down once Leagues comes, at least leavers will be punished and locked out, making them think twice.

Look at it like a test season of sorts, or a warm up period inbetween seasons where one tests out builds.

I dont want raids to be tied to certain classes over others so that we ended up with must have rosters in the hardest raid encounters, so hopefully balance happens “rapidly”. It would be great if their vision was more “take any class” where it came down to builds, even though x class can do something better. Skill should factor over the classes you bring.

This happened to me as well, quoting my post in the 64bit thread since no reply:

nacario.9417:

During play sessions i get a few times huge fps spikes/lag/stutter that lasts for max 10 secs. If i am listening to anything in the background like utube it also stutters the sound while this lasts. This can happen at anytime, tho mostlikely in graphical intensive encounters, usually once per pvp match which results in me dying.

Is there a way to troubleshoot this? Gfx to alter in settings? It all happened after i started using the 64bit client, and ive always ran all gfx settings on max prior just fine.

Win 10, i7 3770k, SSD, gfx 680, msi 1155, 16 gb ram

If i were to go bk to 32bit client i would start crashing again, compared to the short unplayable stutter now.

During play sessions i get a few times huge fps spikes/lag/stutter that lasts for max 10 secs. If i am listening to anything in the background like utube it also stutters the sound while this lasts. This can happen at anytime, tho mostlikely in graphical intensive encounters, usually once per pvp match which results in me dying.

Is there a way to troubleshoot this? Gfx to alter in settings? It all happened after i started using the 64bit client, and ive always ran all gfx settings on max prior just fine.

Win 10, i7 3770k, SSD, gfx 680, msi 1155, 16 gb ram

If i were to go bk to 32bit client i would start crashing again, compared to the short unplayable stutter now.

Im not going to write anything more, i could make a random skill list of current strong bruisers as well but to what end? And u keep using the term backline, if ur gripe is in wvw then this is the wrong forum.

double post
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So how come ESL teams arnt filled with hammer rev teams winning by just spamming hammer 2 into the ground? Why cant one use hammer 2 into the ground in higher tier? Because theres a lot more to it than hammer 2, it’s a slow moving attack that can be strafed, no organized team stands ontop of each others for it to land, and hammer is useless in general when focused on/when enemy is close in your face. A hammer rev is usually marauder, and such a shiro herald is not the tank/sustain class people believe it to be once infused light is on cd. Shield #5 is false Security due to unblockable effects, and little to no condi cleanse.

Shadelang.3012:

Coalescence of Ruin probably needs to be toned back a bit. I won’t say cut in half. But maybe pretty close. Or atleast have a longer cooldown. Yes in a 1v1 its balanced. But in a team fight this skill is pretty kitten terrifying. And in places like GvG’s or WvW. This skill is the king of the field. It can also bug in some cases so you get hit by two pulses at once. Which is….rather lethal.

Thing is, if you want to balance numbers you want to consider all factors possible in an optimal state, and in team fights (since you use this as an example where it is supposedly broken) it is actually less possible to pull off repeated use. Consider a 5v5 where all is 100% organized, where one wants to shut down the most logical targets, such as someone spamming a CoR into a group, not to mention said rev wont have that chance as theyll be moving around alot. No group stands in a narrow path 100%, and to get max damage in CoR one has to stand where the second animation hits. It’s not like ur usual pug where people are standing in packs beating on one guy, not paying attention to stuff around. You cant balance stuff around that, which is what you’re experiencing.

The traditional shiro/herald rev doesnt have the tools to stay in the heat in a +1/group fight. Hammer is also not usable when enemy is in your face, it cuts down the damage by alot as strafing around will interrupt your attacks/make CoR miss.

And you cant use WvW as an example, that place is a Power creep. For WvW just equip a mortar and spam 1 on a 1500 range, it can even og above wall of reflection, and thats just fine. Since you brought up bugs then this CoR skill will also miss/not hit when theres a slight displacement in the path ahead, like a rock.

Well even if we are unhappy with balance, having this focus and highlight on esport is good as it will always “force” focus and highlight on balancing/other aspects of the pvp game. If they truly are serious about esport, sooner or later this whole balanceshenanigans will catch up to them, even soloq. If the general pvp playerbase isnt happy then interest will falter, time will tell, but all one can do is to keep adding constructive feedback.

I would suggest getting tier 1 or 2 in every mastery in Heart of Thorns, which in reality doesnt take to long if u have 2 3 hrs spare. Pop all boosters and look for “spider farm” in lfg, that will take u to a spot in verdant brink where spiders are farmed for fast exp. In the long run u want to max out gliding, and def have mushroom jumping. If Anet are creative i can see them implementing other current masteries, such as poison immunity, being able to use adrenal and speed mushrooms.

That picture was so good and visualizing of what many have tried to explain that drastic measures must be done. I’ve never used this one during the betas but here goes nothing!

Strokes golden magical mantle lamp gently…
ROY, please heed our call and be summoned once again!

or u could just put all ur alts at a mass Flax spot and get 1g30s at best in 1 min per char.

Lets see what happens once pips r introduced. Hopefully at some point ull be matched with equals once past the first 3 leagues. After that ull hit a brick wall facing premades as a soloq in league 4 5.

dolmant.7048:

ok im getting sick of this 1 shot form mesmer bs ok its time to nerf them anet ok this is a joke no class should be 1 shooting any 1 if i wanted to get 1 shooted by some 1 i would go play WoW make a lvl 1 toon and go into a pvp zone and let myself get 1 shooted

Yes.. yes these 1 shotting mesmers need to go. Im not sure what weapon it was but it was a female human with butterfly wings so the guy looked like a pro which validates concern.

Shiro heralds falls short in group fights spvp, which is why its sad to see qquers claim rev to be tanky with much sustain. If u do not watch ur evades or a well timed infused, u can fall flat on ur face. One cannot go toe to toe vs a high condi uptime build, ive had better success ranging them with hammer but eventually they get close. 1v1 are fine, it is good vs power builds, but it def isnt the immortal when focused in a +1

Aveneo.2068:

Here’s a picture showing an alternative approach that I would have liked a lot better instead of that 2d ground decal. Small crystals hovering near you for the active facets, just like one of the quests in Auric basin.

Then the color can be different depending on the facet.

Thank you for those, they look very pretty and more thematically fitting!

Depends what kind of pve ur aiming at. Im at a point where I have to make a Viper set, which is the better pve dps condi build for raids/fracs, but I have to deside if I wanna make it a Heavy or medium. It is to my understanding that condi rev in said content is below condi engi/warr/ranger, but it could most likely change further down patches.

I already had the juggernaut from the time I played Warrior. Its perk is that it makes your entire armor shiny/changes color based on background, which is a highly unique feature imo all legendaries considered, with no excess fluff. The downside with using the juggernaut as a melee weapon, as on the Warrior, is that it lacks weight. It feels more like a staff than a real Heavy meaty hammer (best example is megatron, the lava hammer, that one packs a punch, while the juggernaut is more feminin in its punches, lacking a big head) On the contrary my opinion is that juggernaut fits perfectly on a rev, since rev uses it as a ranged weapon, where the jug gives u a nice mix feel of hammer/staff heavy wizard. Im glad it’s not a brute looking weapon for its use on rev. Something to consider.

arkealia.2713:

Repeating story seems more efficient to get ore.

Can someone explain this please. Can i repeat it on my main or do i need alts? Also does doing the story with another dmg guy make it go faster?

Sometimes the map system will motivate players into joining another map, because the system says that the map is lacking players. Often in quite crowdy maps that happens, like just now in Auric Basin where we had 3 coms clearing till last pylon before meta event. Then suddenly the popup box comes and motivates many into joining a different ip of the map, and it eventually becomes an empty map unable for meta. I had at this spoint 180% map participation. After changing map IP to a more active map with coms (without logging off), I then lose all my 180% map participation back to 0%, after at least an hour of work. This will have an effect on end meta reward. What is the logic in this?

Ill be picking up rev if other legends r toned up as the ground effects takes to much focus and serve no use other than frustration. It feels half made, banded together in a rush, like unfinished water combat

Are there viper stats for rings amu back trinkets?

Balerios.3679:

Hey Anet have u played with Dragonhunter before u release it? Do u call this balance? right now DH is OP and everyone is making guardian. this ruins pvp experience . Is this to tempt more ppl to buy HOT?Im really disappointed …..

Your post reeks of anger and is as unintelligent. You provide NOTHING of why the dragonhunter is overpowered, and no examples of why and how it could be more balanced. It would be the same result if you were to go into a store screaming ‘you give kitten customer service!’, and then leave the area.
Once again you know NOTHING John Snow!

If all 5 pugs are good with their class,, know their role, have good map awareness, then they have a figthing chance. Problem is if they cant read the game, what can happen next, and dont aid in time so the premade can +1.

Out of curiosity, what skill hit 9k+, was it arc divider?

And all I see here is readers that have no sense of humor and tolerance. Sure he beat two players that maybe werent on top of their game, good for him, and Im not going to comment on reaper class based on the little info we have. Nor have I much experience figthing them yet after launch, being so busy leveling masteries and all.

yanoch.7051:

SchmendrickTheMagician.8247:

Seriously LOL at all the people arguing thet Shiro/Rev marauder sustain is okay. LOL. LOL. LOL.

Agree with you. All those evade and heals is WTH.

And yet decent players are able to beat em 1v1, either by not bursting infused light, work around their legend stances/cds as for ex they dont have withdraw in glint (and with 9 sec cd after swap), or condi builds. You guys are making yourselves look like fools with all this LOLOL WTH. Others can do it, theres workarounds, yet you two cant seem to get it and thats why you’re here. That explains quite a bit.

Im thinking of gearing up my warrior with Viper for upcomming raids and was wondering if someone here could be so kind to provide all ways of how to craft Viper ascended gear, and possibly the easiest/fastest way.

From my understanding the Viper recipe books can drop from mobs, and the exo and asc recipes can be bought from the vendor in Tarir.
Lets say I have another exisiting ascended armor set, could I just buy the recipes (weapon and armor) that costs 250 currency each and mystic forge a berserker stat armor into it? I hear crafting Viper from scratch is more expensive than many other ascended types, hence why this method might be more optimal?
As for trinkets rings etc?

Appreciate all input!

I think many enjoy WvW still, but many plays it as a secondary objective. Those are focusing on getting masteries up, and will once Return in time. We also need WvW tournys back, despite its differences. It would also be wise to listen to some of the more adept WvWers in this forum as theyve given good feedback of how to improve current systems, one can, once again, only hope that Anets deaf ears listens.

Or maybe it could be your longterm goal to rank 10.000, as that would remove that yellow bar!

Basically the same rules as in WvW should be applied in ze arenas, no point having a third variable outside WvW and SPvP numbers.

Teamfigths is about cooperation and supporting each other, why is it wrong if a team feared one into a trap? The odds r always against u when facing superior numbers with brains, which this thread lacks. 4000, 8000, 13000, it all adds up, we all gonna die at one point, though u can prolong it by using ur cds wisely based on awareness/class knowledge.

Probl cuz it is not a class n all those dif icons could make ot conf, esp as they add more ES over time

U bought the core game for 3 years ago, meaning u got 3 years of content for a mere 50 bucks. If ur complaint is that u have to buy HoT for another 50 bucks with years of content to come, then ur a cheapy and shouldnt play video games, let alone do any other activity. No other AAA game in this genre offer anything similiar.

Of course they have to make the game cost 50 bucks at all times, it would be stupid to add another 50 bucks for every expansion, none would buy it then. Logic is so hard to find these days.

Im trying to do the part where I have to calm the beetles by luring them to the spores, but the few times ive attempted to the event ends qucikly due to “skilled” players. How do i do this event to lure them, without being chewed myself? Didnt get to read the text before it went over

Theologus.7085:

Revs not OP, they only broken. Most abilities of Revenant useless… or extremly strong. Anyway, main problem with revenant – sustain and conterplay, not damage. Damage fine, but sustain not even close – lifesteal, heal, block+heal and evadespam. Lightning Reflexes with endurance restore, w/o CD? Easy! Just take it, best stunbreak in game. And all this defense with attacks like sword#3 and best access to unblockable things in game. In teamfights Rev deal good damage for mara/zerk, but not so terrible, but his sustain and 1v1 capability should be nerfed.

So by ur logic a rev can spam that evade a 100 times since theres no cd, little did u know that u can only use it twice and then ur energy is drained which lowers other action. Again just gibberish, no hard examples just nerf this nerf that based on the class one plays with little insight

I smell fried Reaper, my stomach is hungry

Morwath.9817:

nacario.9417:

If you claim revs to have sustain and tanky in marauder then play one and see for yourself. Fight any competent condi build, or even a power build. All we have here is ppl complaining about stuff they see from the outside, not understanding how it works, only playing 1 class. We’re beating a dead horse.

Play Marauder <anything> and compare amount of dodges/evades/blocks/heals with Marauder Rev, and you will find Rev pretty tanky compared to other Marauders.

Each class is different, for instance my marauder ranger can remove 2 condis each on all 4 utility skills (troll unguent, LR, QZ, entsngle) which are highly used, making it capable vs both power builds and condi. Rev counter lies in the condi uptime builds, no block and evade will savor the day, only prolong inevitable. Because of thid it id wrong to call the marauder rev tanky, even power builds can work around it by denying infused light.

What we need is a function where u can like or dislike someones post, options like: insightful, LOL, like, dislike

That would make Forumeering more fun and spice it up

If you claim revs to have sustain and tanky in marauder then play one and see for yourself. Fight any competent condi build, or even a power build. All we have here is ppl complaining about stuff they see from the outside, not understanding how it works, only playing 1 class. We’re beating a dead horse.

Dont look so surprised, the expansion was rushed in many areas, lots is unfinished, including this. The beta is ongoing and keep feedback flowing as they bandaid.

The best u can do right now is to max mastery lvl 161 so thats outta the way, making u prepared as a PvX player.