Guild Wars 2

When u want to get map currency it is best to start at the very beginning right after a meta have finished. Then u have as much events as possible to partake in till next meta starts in roughly 2 hrs. I do this on occasion and this weekend i got up to 400-map currency in AB and TD. The trick is to go to a map that has a crowd doing em, with 5 10 in one event it does go faster regardless of scaling. Know when the event ends so that u can leave ahead o time, look for other events, while getting reward for the previous one. U can also do HPs nearby as u go. Most events gives u map currency, n as others said mobs can drop these in bags, so tag a lot of mobs. Cud of this i usually go to events that have mobs that yield loot, since some dont. The faster ur map participation % goes up, the better rewards u get. And this will also boost ur end meta reward.

Zypher.7609:

I like it as it is as well. I completely forget about it unless I need to take a quick look what I have active.

So the new facet icons, that have no resemblance to any skill icon, makes it possible to see whst u have active? When i played or play on other classes, thst info is given through our buff and skill bar. I just find it possible for someone to actually find the facet icons useful in any way during battle with much clutter on screen, even in general surely it must be hard to use those visuals for anything other than fluff?

Do the fractal tasks as they r quick n grants u alot of it. Im done with all mastery pts and i never did any LS2 achis, didnt get emperors, didnt do jumping puz, and only killed 1 wurm head.

U are very angry, as u said urself, so ur feelings and emotions are in chaos and despair. This is why ur experience is horrible right now, so u come here to vent. But as in life, there r good and bad, grow on it and dont let such experiences shape u by controlling ur senses, dont let them control u and ur judgement as it is then one self does mistakes.

Do not fall into temptations unless u are truly aware. May u find peace in your mind and hearth. Go forth, my child, and embrace the world.

End game is everything u play an mmorpg for, this vary from subject. For some it is maxing their 9 classes in any way, playing vanilla content, world bosses, HoT events and metas, comlections, crafting, hanging out in cities and guild halls, pvp in guild arenas, leagues, dueling servers, dungeons, fractals, raids, gathering, WvW. Doing all of that while mixing it around can increase ur lifespan if u question what to do.

1. Im not sure the answer to, but i can say in general than when u apply an aura with those traits, u get the listed benefits, every time an aura is applied. I believe there is a bug so that if u apply the same aura twicd before the first runs out, the aura effect will not stack but reset itself to max. The boons stack tho.

2. Ur 40% prot is spread to others

U can also use the lfg tool, its a nice way to see ‘whats out there’. I also urge u to get dragontimer, just google it, there u can see all the world events happening around the clock and plan ahead. U can make some decent money from it, also amke a mystic salvage kit and use ut on yellow items to get globs, either sell or keep them. If ur yellow item is worth more than 40s u could sell it than salvage. I also cant stress this enough, on draontimer theres a boss called tequatl. It spawns like every 3rd hour and takes like 10 min. U get nice rewards there and should do this daily. U can also get ascended weapon chests that u can convert to the stat of ur liking in the mystic forge, it can also drop a rare ascended skin box as well.

Having slightly higher aa on fire and air, and dragons tooth casttime reduced, would come a long way imo. Currently im using fire offensivley n def in duels by casting the tooth on me when the guy gets close before i swap out.

U dont have to do dungeons tho. U could find various means to make gold so that u could buy berserker exotic off TP, or do WvW as that gives u currency to buy it from their vendors. The fastest way for a newcomer could be dungeons, like u could do the quick paths in 5 6 dungeons daily and ull get a set fast (or slower if u want the same skin set and focus on one specific dungeon, as i belive token rewards lower themselves after x runs per day). Aside from this i also believe orr merchants sell exotic sets for karma, tho it costs a little.

Anywhere we are in Tyria outside the mists, the pvp division badge will appear next to the playername, for everyone to see. Because this esports badge is there to indicate playerskill and gives good advertisement ingame of an ill system to the less informed. When players zone into the esportland with their high mastery level characters, which is the progression for pvers, none of that is shown because esports, once again.

I found scepter to be ok vs single target/dueling, but falls short overall. I really hope they would considering upping its usefulness, idk if buffing its AA alone is enough.

u should try and join the WvW (B on your keyboard) maps and follow a zerg around (look for a blue commander tag on the map, it means someone is leading a raid), im sure ull find it a new and thrilling experience, comming from Azeroth!

ZachAttack.3957:

Adding on to this, remember when to take a break. If you feel like you are on tilt (IE on a losing streak and not feeling very happy/amused/good), you should stop. Take shower, eat, read a book for a while, even play a different game. Don’t try and push “just one more win” in a bad mindset- you’re going to end up worse off than you were before.

Except us with busy lives u want to maximize the potential of time that you have, some cant or dont have the energy to take a break and come back, some dont like doing other stuff, just want to play. Often the game is the break from something, but then the game and system is broken. Sounds more like one needs to find a more permanent solution.

Vague Memory.2817:

Matching pure pugs against premades is illogical. So there must be a reason why Anet have decided to implement and keep this system.

Anet is really, really, trying to push Esports through lots of money. It gives them the advertising they need. The rest can come later. New Esport teams have a more efficient way of getting into it by getting fast queues with a learning curve from the fodder. Owning pugs as a premade gives newcomer teams a great feeling, they dont know if they are really pugs, but they beat a team of 5.

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It’s really random. Im winning one, losing one, etc and I’m certain I’m doing more than enough to contribute, even rerolled to cele tempest aurashare for those mid fights. Maybe it is also bit affected by the times I play, I usually run hours after work, maybe theres a certain % of meeting/being grouped with X. Theres 3 guildies, one solo and two duo, who skyrocket to div 3 and 4 with several wins in a row.

Contested waypoints is due to the ongoing war in HoT and the area. You need to drive the mordrem back to regain it. Dying in this game has zero impact on your character, lets not make things easier than they are.

Eso is great for story, better thsn gw imo, at least in the way its presented. As a pvx player u most likely would get more out of gw, and i didnt like the zones that much in eso, much feels copy pasted like the buildings and towns. I had to quit eso cuz of the champ chore

Does the raven staff nevermore alfter fire AA? Into a blue ball beam? Might be worth looking into

I quit herald/rev cuz or it, i know it sounds silly but dev never got back to our feedback and how to change it.

I also think a major problem is when too drastic and rapid changes are implemented. Before june patch, we had a stabile meta that had been going on for a while, it wasnt perfect, ele was ontop, but now we have too much going on at the same time, which ill clarify below. And as said above, ES brings and covers a lot of previous empty holes, giving classes to much coverage, homogenization. It would be great indeed to see more unique mechanics and boons tied to classes, so that we could take a step back towards vanilla gw2 and more focus on classroles, while opening up options within that. Like currently as an ele ur forced into support/bunkering up with celestial, there’s no burst high risk high reward play variant.

Dashingsteel.3410:

When gw2 first launched, it had a system with skill points and book trainers. Your character gained experience by killing creatures, doing hearts, events, crafting, gathering, exploring, and doing your story. Didn’t matter which one of those things you did you got experience and it counted towards progressing your character. Those were the days of play as you want.
Then the new player experience raised its ugly head. This is where the game started to try to direct your character into certain content. The hero point system furthered this effort to prod your character into certain content. Mastery points just add another way for anet to dictate the content you play.
I was a big fan of the original system. It allowed player freedom. Players could do things they ENJOY and still progress. Thought that was the point of games anyway.
Take away the mastery points and allow mastery bars to be filled with experience only to progress. That would give players freedom to play as they want.

Yeah I agree With this. The NPE really hit me with a shock though, that there are actually people out there wanting such linear change.

This is a very good OP, however I’m afraid it wont reach out to those who sorely need such info.
I cant count how many times on my cele Tempest auramancer in soloq, “we” win the first mid fight, and then at least two rush their far. They get killed by overwhelming respawns there, and I’m forced to withdraw from mid. And/or “they” arnt aware that enemy is inc at home when we’re at mid, not giving aid in time. Being able to read a game through insight awareness can be a rare thing in soloq, if you are being “unlucky” with how the system works.
Im halfway in 2nd div, if I can make it to third I’ll just grab my tokens and call it a day.

They are gods.. ive seen em.. and as i approached my eyes were blinded by shimmering light!

I hear ur frustration.. nothin beats winning 1, losing 1, winning 1, losing 1, etc as a soloq. I’d leave to if I played this game solely for pvp, sadly im pvx :<

They should add gs last so us who has eternity wont regret it as much (or make eternity the precursor for the new gs, and make crafting its precursor super exp!)

Ruby in one season is needed for leg backitem?

Well it was said that legendary armor will have an aura effect, esp in combat, this could make it a visual clutter if they overlapped with weapons, hence the new types

raids will be casual once mechanics become more common knowledge around the playerbase

Great and insightful post OP, much needed in these dire times! As Ive said before, remember dungeons, people were frustrated because they were hard at the time, many meant that paths couldnt be solo in PuGs and a year later it was easy. Raids just came out, people need to look at them as a longterm progression, it’s basically the same mechanics but upped in every way.. we’ve had our fill with dungeons and should be prepared.

You bring valid points OP but I would like to remind us all, who have been here for over three years, that we’ve also been worried about difficulty in the past which now arnt talked about anymore. Because in time people learn and adapt, the first raid wing has only been out for like a month, its meant to be a longterm goal for casual guildies.

I remember when we had dungeons at the start, many complained that they were simply too hard, that AC couldnt be done as a pug. A year later it all was a breeze to complete, dungeon mechanics became common knowledge. And there isnt difficulty scaling in dungeons.

We should reserve judgement till all raid wings are out, heck even give it a year and see for ourselves.

Magicarp.5640:

Yea, buff a profession that can basically ignore all damage and still have tons of damage output.

Why not just delete all the other professions and just keep ele?

re-name it : ele wars 2

U didnt read it properly But i agree with OP, ele is now about being supportive and tanky, gone are the days as more power orientated, evasive like a burst mesmer.

Is there a reason or a thought behind making scepter aa lower? Im just trying to understand why people dont use scepter. It would be a nice middle ground as dagger does force u in quite close range.

bump, any fix?
/15 char

the 15 day achi, how is the wording, must we play 15 days in a row 3 matches daily to complete it?

Pakkazull.6894:

It’s a stupid system with the way MMR and divisions are disconnected.

Could it be cuz the playerbase is to small? The potential higher one get, the longer queues.

Ohoni.6057:

I’d like the dungeon master title without ever going to a single dungeon.

Personally, I have no objection, but I really think that titles and visual items are very different things. Personally, I don’t support giving players access to PvP titles like “Legendary Champion” without actually playing PvP, but I consider that something else entirely than a cosmetic reward which actually has inherent value. If you want that sort of thing, argue your case for it, but it is not my case.

See, that is your opinion, but you disregard anyone else’s opinion by stating them “wrong”. We all play GW2 for different reasons, and your take is that titles and visuals are different things, but they represent goals and prestige as they are the reward after doing content. A player wearing the legendary pvp wings will be noticed in a crowd, a player with the title The Eternal will be noticed in a crowd. These things have value to people, and we get them through doing content, and some skins are tied to specific content – yet you dont see the comparison with titles.

Saying that medium armor isnt meant for tanking and having 1800 toughness as the healer+barksin in VG just indicates that OP wasnt prepared for raids. People in pugs expects individuals to be up to par since time is a currency. But learn from it, adjust, dont judge the community basd on some bad apples.

eldrin.6471:

Its says a lot about a company when they are willing to loose a lot of customers that have thrown a lot of cash at them.

In a nutshell, raids are simply world bosses where theyve added additional requirements, such as have an optimal build and gear (which shouldnt be hard to any old 1 2 3 yr complaining vet around here), do a better rotation to do optimal dps, raids are not as forgiving as world bosses as here u need to dodge red stuff on the ground, u dont have 50+ to carry u.

Raids are a mere refined difficulty of already known content and mechanics, its a welcome change as we have been stuck with the same old difficulty for over three years! And theyre not hard or extreme once u crack the code.. heck even i beat all three bosses, and beat sabetha yday in a pug run! Because some people try to better themselves and see that simple mechanics can be overcome.

i cant make a char too :/ same as above

Plz add a system that makes u lose less pips on loss vs premade as soloq. We must acknowledge that many play as soloq, and as long as the playerbase isnt big enogh for seperate queues we need this. Fair play.

Hey! Im a PvX player in EU, +1 GMT, who is seeking other experienced and calm players for ranked league play. I can see players wanting to play different classes due to collection achis, but with that in mind I would also prefer people who want to have a certain group synergy and set optimal roles (otherwise it’s just like any other pug group with ts). Map awareness is a big pluss, though can be learned as one progress.

I have all classes at 80, but can get better on all of them, and eventually as collection achis wear down I’ll focus on 2 3 classes based on what the group needs. The plusside is once again I go for builds/setup based on my role and how I can better contribute to me team, either in a mid fight or solo home/far.

We all have different goals, mine is to get to division four at least for that legendary backitem, but to get there you’ll need to do it right with the right people. Anyone else that would like to be part of something like this? Over time the aim is to build a small network in friendslist so that when someone wants to PvP, we have solid people to relay on.

Urkara.9035:

Hawke.1094:

• And the main point is: Most people ask for ascended isnt mainly because of the stats. Ascended gear is more like a status thing. Realistically speaking, a person in full ascended are more likely to know their kitten better than a person in full exotic. Just because a person says that they’re good with their rotation doesnt mean that they actually are. You can’t just believe in everything ppl say on the internet. Thus, asking for ascended is technically the safest bet.

So you’re saying working on Ascended Gear rather than playing game is making you a better player ? Yeah sure

At least its not making him a lazy player and a nuisance to his fellow players.. if everyone shared ur mindset all 10 would be in full exotics, each dealing 11% less stat damage.

Hammer is a gimmick in spvp.. its great when ur at distance, but when figthing onpoint or when enemy goes in ur melee range it’s hard to keep up. The reason why its not toally bad is cuz of the evade, kd, and dark field it provides, but still suboptimal. On the plusside u have a melee weapon to swap to, often sword.

Evans.6347:

Legendary weapons were pretty much available to anyone, given a variable amount of time. I like that, because it gives everyone a thing to work towards, whether you are a master at the game or simply a casual player having fun.

Legendary backpack is locked behind fractals. That’s already a big difference in the sense that some people will be locked out of this because of their skill level. Is it fair that these people get no shot a the legendary backpack? What if ‘git gud’ doesn’t work?

Then legendary armor is locked behind raids, without a doubt an even harsher, much more difficult part of the game. If you take a gander at the collection, you’ll see that one will probably have to beat all bosses in several raid wings to get the precursors. That’s just not going to happen for a lot of GW2 players. Anet even said as much.

Is this fair? I don’t think it is. I feel that legendary gear must be available to all, but the rate at which you gain it should or can be skill gated. I certainly approve of skins locked behind raids, i approve those auras being a raid thing.

But legendary items were supposed to be a “journey”. Now they are not. They have truly become something for the elite, and to me that is disheartening.

But legendaries r available to all, u just gotta work for it by doing different content. Like if i want to craft a vanilla legendary weapon i must get tons of karma, and u only get karma by doing specific events, same way legendary infusion is gained by doing specific events like raid bosses.

There are no stat advantages in getting legendaries, u are not entitled to get legendaries without effort. I have said this so many times, gw needs this kind of goals to strive for. All other skins can be bought or easily aquired without any sense of accomplishment, a feeling longed for in this mmo. When i see someone with an eternity i dont stop and think ‘wow gj at getting through all that work’ when for all i know he couldve bought it with gold. When we see fractal, raid backitems, aleast we know it was done through timegates and effort, as with the armor.

Raid difficulty is not extreme, only if u have some disabilities irl that hinder quick reaction and coordination which raids require. Raids offer content that can push u as a player and better urself, for those who seek it. Its all about doing ur damage rotation, avoid stuff that hinder u, and do a specific mechanic to get to the next phase. That isnt extreme, its just doing/paying attention to 2 3 tasks at a given time – something u must and can train urself to do. Without raids or challenging content, the game will fade for a noticable portion of players, something anet and u dont want.

The challenge is also harder when u need 10 players with the know-how, a raid cant carry 1 2 3 bad apples. Now this is the hard part.

And this is why as a pvx player, time is better spent on doing other stuff

zideeffectzz.6379:

They sacrificed the ele’s animation and made the Legendary Long Bow/SB and the Flameseeker’s animation better…. Nice logic ANET

can someone enlighten me in what way did they improve the flameseeker’s animation?

Theres alot of fluff added to gemstore I would LOVE to buy, but then I tell myself “by next week or month something else similiar will be added that I want”, so all in all I stopped buying as it’s all fluff. Instead I try to og for skins that are hard earned, and hopefully in time Ill have a leg armor and backitem that works as glider.

…must understand that ranked league spvp (the ‘other’ game mode beside pve) takes just as long, both have massive timegates where you have to invest time to progress, tied to collections where it is required to find good people to play with. You are no different!