Guild Wars 2

ZudetGambeous.9573:

Are you talking about the gold silver and bronze rank chests? Those are based on rank each rank (rabbit, deer, etc) has 2-3 different armor/weapon sets that you get from the chests.

Im talking bout the Mystery Coffers that you buy with glory.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/PvP_Mystery_Coffer

Hello ppl, since I got more than 100k glory to spend and after 15h april it will be removed, the best way i found to spend it, its on Mystery Coffers for skins.

Now, does the random skins are based on rank?? cuz im 32 atm.

Moshari.8570:

Ugh. I have had so many bad experiences with Duel Harrassment it actually made me quit on game…mainly because I seemed to be good at dueling, which meant that then everyone and their brother wanted to duel me…even when I wasn’t in the mood for it…

I would only be okay with dueling if it had some very restrictive measures put into place. It needs to be something that stops the person doing the requests from otherwise harrassing the person being requested until they give in.

I think a system that could work would be “Party dueling” wherein it uses the current party system and you can only duel someone in a party with you. If you are already in a party, they cannot try to duel you or anything until you join their party….this at least gets rid of the annoying pop-up that many games throw at you… Duel Y / N? I got so sick of seeing that pop-up.

Not sure how to stop the chat harrassment of “duel me, duel me, XXXX is a chicken cause they wont duel me, just duel me….come on, don’t be a wuss, just duel me, please duel me. Hey guys, XXXX sucks cause they won’t duel me…Fight Meh! Fight Meh!” It would be annoying to continually have to block people.

Auto-decline requesting duels, if the player start to act like that way /ignore.

There you go.

I have one thing to say for those that claims duelling allows harassment and bad behavior (not mentioning competition).

Tell me about, how you feel, when you enter a group in a dungeon, then some seconds after the start, they ask if you know the Run, and you say you don’t, because its your first time, then you get kicked from the party!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tell me, Isnt PvE the same as PvP?

Berelious.3290:

pupi.2465:

Berelious.3290:

pupi.2465:

Berelious.3290:

having it in open world is a disaster waiting to happen.

Disaster?? For who? O.o The ones questing around then suddenly two savage barbaric players duelling killing the mobs in the way with their aoes and brutal attacks???

C’mon…

Actually that would be kinda helpful… but not the disaster I was referring to.

So, the disaster would be Players getting annoyed by Duel request spamm? what about the auto-denial option? and in the case of that “kiddo” type player jumping and yelling “Chicken Chicken won’t duel me, You noobb you nooob” /ignore.

I get your concern, but i think duelling in open world won’t affect any pve player, it will only add one more feature to the game, that won’t hurt anyone’s gameplay.

Auto-denial would be a good feature, but honestly it doesn’t go far enough. Also, the ignore/report option doesn’t either, the reason being that with the level of abuse that I’ve seen in past games, PvE players would be having to block dozens of whispers/spams per day, which is greatly detrimental to game play, and would in fact drive off more than a few players. This is why I feel that if such a thing is implemented it would do better in it’s own arena, so that the regular PvE players can be left alone.

I remember a phrase from an old mmo out there… " Be kind and polite to other players, so you can be treated the same way, otherwise, you will get a bad reputation".

Unfortunately, there are many ppl that behind a PC screen, will act with bad behavior just because of the fact its a virtual world, and no one can really see them, so they can troll/harass freely, i really wish a company that develops MMO’s in future, start to add Fame/Infame System, so that kind of ppl think twice before making their name known as villains. And if so, there will be punishment/pursuit with a reward on their heads.

I really dont like a “safe world” in a MMO, i like the adrenaline, but this is just me, i respect other ppls desire to be left alone, everyone should have what loves the most in a game, so for GW2, if devs made the game not thinking in PK, it won’t have separated (pvp) servers for that, unfornately.

Nage.1520:

pupi.2465:

Nage.1520:

Fernling.1729:

Nage.1520:

Corpus Christi.2057:

nGumball.1283:

Keep promotion TESO, it will make you feel better about buying the game, trust me, lol

Promotion? I played GW1 ( still much better than GW2 ), still play GW2 ( obviously, not as often nowadays ) and I bought TESO to test it. Are you surprised? It’s the biggest MMO name in the recent years to premiere this year, in a couple of days.

Open your eyes.

TESO will be another SWToR.

You do realize SWTOR is considered more successful than GW2, right?
That is assuming we are basing success on the amount of money earned.

Right, because Anet had to lay off half their staff….oh wait…that was SWToR. Guild Wars 2 performed to expectations and SWToR performed under expectation. That’s the reality.

On topic: The OP is talking about life in cities. I don’t play MMOs to spend time in cities. I’m out exploring the world. I don’t see why adding stuff to cities will make the game all that much better.

I mean aren’t people complaining that there arent’ enough people out in the world. Why make cities more appealing? The open world is where we really need people.

You go out exploring the world when you have Quests/lvling/getting materials, killing world bosses and pretty much “any adventure” to do, alone or grouped, so having more “appealing” in cities, would make your view much better while sitting your big hairy charr butt in LA/and the other capitols when you’re not out there in the world.

Isnt this a mmo? Dont ppl spend lots of time in Cities? then why not to have an Arena for duels with other players watching? Why not have a Tavern Fight ? Why not have race contest? or anything else???

Explain to me why you think adding those things would hurt your gameplay?

I Guess NPC talking is enough for you, if i want to watch ppl talk i would go watch a movie, not play a videogame.

I don’t think any of them would hurt my game play. I’m just not sure any of them will help my game play.

Everyone likes what they like and wants what they want. You want Anet to put time and energy into something you like. Fair enough.

I want them to put time and energy into stuff I like.

I understand that matter, everyone would like to see what we like in the game, i dont know if its a F2P model, but it seems they just don’t add “things” hoping for players feedback, instead launching the game with the standards.

I guess im more like a rpg type of player, thats cuz i miss these three letters after the “mmo___”.

Berelious.3290:

pupi.2465:

Berelious.3290:

having it in open world is a disaster waiting to happen.

Disaster?? For who? O.o The ones questing around then suddenly two savage barbaric players duelling killing the mobs in the way with their aoes and brutal attacks???

C’mon…

Actually that would be kinda helpful… but not the disaster I was referring to.

So, the disaster would be Players getting annoyed by Duel request spamm? what about the auto-denial option? and in the case of that “kiddo” type player jumping and yelling “Chicken Chicken won’t duel me, You noobb you nooob” /ignore.

I get your concern, but i think duelling in open world won’t affect any pve player, it will only add one more feature to the game, that won’t hurt anyone’s gameplay.

1) What are the skills you acquire in this game ?
Mastering my playstyle with the class/profession i’ve chosen, in this case, Mesmer.

2) How long it takes you to acquire that particular skill ?
Between 500 to 1000 hours.

3) Does you have to use specific gear or items to learn the skill ( like particular mouse or keyboard) ?
Mouse with at least 6 buttons. (I use a Naga)

4) how you learn about the skill ?
Playing in pretty much every occasion, PvE with 5+ mobs the same or above lvl, soloing Champions/Bosses and Group Events to PvP (2v1) not dying or surviving in the end.

5)How old are you ?
30 to 35 D)

Good Luck with your Project.

:D

Berelious.3290:

having it in open world is a disaster waiting to happen.

Disaster?? For who? O.o The ones questing around then suddenly two savage barbaric players duelling killing the mobs in the way with their aoes and brutal attacks???

C’mon…

Nage.1520:

Fernling.1729:

Nage.1520:

Corpus Christi.2057:

nGumball.1283:

Keep promotion TESO, it will make you feel better about buying the game, trust me, lol

Promotion? I played GW1 ( still much better than GW2 ), still play GW2 ( obviously, not as often nowadays ) and I bought TESO to test it. Are you surprised? It’s the biggest MMO name in the recent years to premiere this year, in a couple of days.

Open your eyes.

TESO will be another SWToR.

You do realize SWTOR is considered more successful than GW2, right?
That is assuming we are basing success on the amount of money earned.

Right, because Anet had to lay off half their staff….oh wait…that was SWToR. Guild Wars 2 performed to expectations and SWToR performed under expectation. That’s the reality.

On topic: The OP is talking about life in cities. I don’t play MMOs to spend time in cities. I’m out exploring the world. I don’t see why adding stuff to cities will make the game all that much better.

I mean aren’t people complaining that there arent’ enough people out in the world. Why make cities more appealing? The open world is where we really need people.

You go out exploring the world when you have Quests/lvling/getting materials, killing world bosses and pretty much “any adventure” to do, alone or grouped, so having more “appealing” in cities, would make your view much better while sitting your big hairy charr butt in LA/and the other capitols when you’re not out there in the world.

Isnt this a mmo? Dont ppl spend lots of time in Cities? then why not to have an Arena for duels with other players watching? Why not have a Tavern Fight ? Why not have race contest? or anything else???

Explain to me why you think adding those things would hurt your gameplay?

Deimos Tel Arin.7391:

do you mean this map?
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/images/d/d5/2012_April_The_Mists_map.jpg

from wiki:
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/The_Mists

yes, more things for sPvP is always good.
as for a larger map, i proposed something special but does not seem to gather many feedback or support.

perhaps i will go and bump that up and see how.

Yes Deimos, this map should get the same love as Tyria, since these ones separates PVE from PVP.

Bring it up the thread again, im pretty sure that are plenty of ppl that would love improvements to pvp content.

GW2, along with duels, need Larger Spvp maps, with Capture the Flag ie, i know, the lore doesnt allow open world pvp, but i really miss Factions in this game.

For us, PvP lovers, that would like to see a lot of love from Anet dedicated to PvP.

Just as Tyria, imagine the Mists, all blended together, of course each one should have its loading screen, just one or two waypoints (one for each base for ressurection).

Just look at the Mists world map, we can see there are plenty of room that Anet (maybe?) plans to fill with many other maps, there, we can have one world like Tyria, the PvP side, that would please everyone that miss open world pvp. Think about it.

Aside from Spvp matches, it would have unending fights, encounters, not just waiting for matches to take place, so you can wander around the pvp maps.

Another thing, and the most important one, i think we should have larger maps (15×15 or 20×20, maybe more), with longer duration, GW2 should have classic objetives like Capture the Flag, Team Deathmatch, Last man standing… etc.

Just a spice for PvP, that would add a trememdous fun for the game, PvP need more Love Anet! WvW is nice, but diversity is always welcome.

:D

/signed, i wish we could have these all the time, i laugh everytime when i see ppl fighting with the big heads hehe.

3 more about facilitating friendly play…. guess what??

1- Improvemnts to LFG tool (no more beta)

2- You can transfer for a cheaper price to realm where your friends are

3- “Invite a Friend to GW2” by making him buy the game, and receiving a mini pet/whatever iten.

In other words, not a really Feature we were waiting.

we need larger pvp maps, like 15×15 or 20×20.

Anet, i love your game, your combat mechanics is the best in the market, but please, please stop making spvp maps, and make larger ones, 20×20, with other objectives like Capture the flag, its a classic type of game.

The ones we have already in Spvp is enough, and often i get really frustated with them because of its really short duration. Larger PvP Maps would be awesome to have in the mists.

Windu The Forbidden One.6045:

Well I’m sure the gankers/trolls who love harassing people would like it…

As in RL isnt it?

Imagine that, the bandit type of player, spreading chaos and harassment, in the other side, the Hero type would appear, to stop them.

Thats why pvp bring so much fun and excitement for a mmo.

I wont say the game that has this city (booty bay) because of Anet waning to keep discussion only about GW2, but…

I would like to see something similar in GW2, if i recall right, at the New Year the city went into a chaos, and pvp is allowed without the interruption of guards.

Now, there will be a flame of “Oh Noes, No pvp in Tyria, Get the hell out, etc”, but in April Fools this should be awesome to have outside the Vigil Keep, a mess :P

jsduke.6537:

No dueling in PVE zones. No thanks. Never.

You want to duel? Go to PvP arenas and duel your heart out. That is what that area is for.

If you don’t like the way dueling works in PvP arenas, then request changes to that part of the game. Don’t bring that crap to PVE.

You do realise that Duels dont affect Pve right? Tho, duelling was a part of waiting for long queues (Raids and Dungeons) in past mmo’s and training even when someone would teach you some moves when they know more than you the class you’re playing (even for pve bosses fight), your hate against duelling jsut delay your pve experience in a sense of boredon.

Ppl asking for the denial of such features that would benefit all kinds of players and not only for those who are found of pvp is just going backwards in time.

When you ask for devs (please no this, and no that) know this, you are denying a part of the game that would bring something for you, in a case or another when you least could expect.

Say no to content (even pvp when you dont like) = enjoying your empty world. (just see as the current state of the game is).

just a tip.

kellenburger.9245:

dude duel me. DUDE duel Meh!
dude. dude.
dude dual MEEEE11!!
Hey look everybody DUDE is chicken and wont duel me!
I bet 5 million gold and he still wont duel me.
dude duel me.
dude.

theres an option where you can ignore the player who have this kind of behavior.

One thing, Anet should do a PVP event on Tyria… that would bring more life to the game.

Ex: Charrs invading Divinitys to cap Castle for 1h, Same on Humans in Black Citadel, Sylvaries in Rata Sum and Asuras on the Grove.

And the Norns…. well the Norns just stay drunk in Hoelbrak. :P

Do you guys feel that “feeling” about Tyria lacking the “alive” thing??? You go to major cities for exemple, and there is only the npcs talking to each other, you run thro them as you were another “npc”.

There is actually “nothing” to do in major cities, theres nothing happening, ppl only go to these places for crafting stations, banks and TP, wouldn’t be a smarter move for Anet to put more utility in major cities??

Like Events for exemple,

In Divinity’s Reach we have the carnival, why not add a show that makes players interact with it? how about the Uzolan’s Orchestra? The Crown Pavilion? Bring it Back!

One thing i really would want to see, the Arena in Black Citadel… make players duel there!, 1v1, 2v2, 3v3, 5v5……

We need more action in Tyria, this game feels dead.

RedSpectrum.1975:

Everyone stop! Not a single step more! I can already see class loathing forming
OP, this game wasn’t balanced around 1v1’s

What game is balanced around 1v1s Grumpy ??

Win, loosing, Staff Ele, d/d thieves… so what? who play this game to get stressed? don’t go to 1v1 then! I play for fun, thats why i paid the game, its not a job so I look for ways to ppl have fun here, and im pretty sure Arenas would please a lot of people.

Tournament of Legends is really a cool adition, we need more life to pvp indeed, but Why not add 1v1 matches too?? We’re missing an Arena Style…. Black Citadel already has one, make it active.

I’ll try to be brief.

- Bigger Spvp maps with longer duration, 15×15 or 20×20, with Capture the Flag.

- Remove majority of waypoints or replace them with Flying Taxi, and (adding terrestrial mount, not flying mount … Never!) and simple mounts, like just Horses and some more common animals, no fancy stuff, waypoint sometimes kill the immersion I think).

- Mix PvP with some High PvE maps to add new experience feeling, like the adrenaline burn into the veins of the player, Tyria feels dead in mostly places. This should be done with 2 local factions in the map, that gives you quests/events to be capping resources/places like mines/keeps/camps for both factions interest and dispute. Players can choice wich faction they want to join for, with the possibility to change again after a very long time and cooldown… maybe an expensive price too.

I know this is more PvP oriented, but this would means no harm to the game, only an interesting inclusion.

GW2 needs action!

:D

Chase.8415:

There’s going to be a break period with no content or patches, so if you have any doubts about this game you’ll probably end up playing ESO, although I will state that ESO is most likely not even worth your time.

Im referring to the “Big Patch” Anet said would come, you know, the one who will bring “big changes”… and acoording to guildmates, they said it would be around April, sametime as ESO launch.

New Weapons? Maps? Duells???

Are we getting anything diff but annoying LS and fancy Head/Back pieces???

Or will i have to move to ESO???

-_-

No fancy stuff, simple Horses would do it.

Adding more waypoints i think it would ruins the map synergy, so bring it up mounts to the game, you know, its very boring you walking that much, over and over.

i see, thanks guys

I see, so, if i go all conjure, bow, axe, hammer and GS, would be that…. too much… crazyness? :P

Hello guys, im thinking in making an Elementalist that focuses on a build with Conjured Weapons, mainly with Hammer and the Bow. (pls dont tell me to go War HamBow) :P

Would a build like that be viable for pvp?

At least, my hunger for world pvp (aka in Tyria maps) is a bit fed… You see, more individual fights… group fights, and not “Zerg or be Zerged!”

keep comming more of these ideas Anet… love it ^^

Tengu will appear… help defeat Scarlet… and they’ll be the next race I Smell the exp comming….

i hope she brings havok to Tyria, in way that could make the races go to war once again… (Charr X Humans,… Norns X Asura… and Sylvaris… well… Sylvaris choose their side)

PvP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WARRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GUILD WARRRRRRSSS!!!!!!!!!!!! Ha! :P

As we all know, Deception should be a “trick” skill, but since a player get used to it, they can never be “fooled” again by Deception.

Im not asking to buff it, even tho it doesnt work with Prismatic Understanding, Deception should make a clone and stealthing it with you so both reapper at the same time, making the enemy to think who is the player, and who is the clone.

Karka Train or Queen’s Dale Champ Train?

I see, i’ve tested the last couple hours, the Signet indeed doesnt work in PU build it seems.

Nice guys, thansk for the help, im gonna give one more try, one last doubt, how about Signet of the Ether? does it worth using it?

selan.8354:

pupi.2465:

Osicat, i’ve been playing Mesmer since beta, always used the Shatter Buld, but since some time ago, i cant beat ppl in duels, (skilled players) from all classes, i’ve tried the Mantra Healing build, and same, just surviving more time.

And with PU build, i just cant… dmg! i dont do dmg at all… what am i doing wrong?

(im talking about duels)

hmm i cant really kill well with pu condi but pu power in a 1v1 is great.atm im trying swors/pistol scepter/torch in spvp and it does take time to kill tanky guys, but glass cannons melt. if a thief attacks me and goes into stealth i usually wait 2-3 seconds and then pop my stealth and dodge so when the thief poos out of stealth he attacks the clones. and i use magic bulled and cast my pistol phantasm on him right away. after i am able to have 1 pistol phantasm, every time he pops out of stealth the phantasm hits him and with this power pu build u can hit him quiet hard.
trick is to not shatter or only shatter when target is very low.
but then again what are u using power pu or condi pu? whats your armor? what runes do u use?

Selan, im using power build, armor is soldier (maybe theres the problem ), Speed Runes since i dont have the gold to purchase Traveler’s.

Should i change it?

Osicat, i’ve been playing Mesmer since beta, always used the Shatter Buld, but since some time ago, i cant beat ppl in duels, (skilled players) from all classes, i’ve tried the Mantra Healing build, and same, just surviving more time.

And with PU build, i just cant… dmg! i dont do dmg at all… what am i doing wrong?

(im talking about duels)

Yes, this is for wvw.

I see Cyninja, i already tested Sw/scepter, Sw/torch on Spvp, and personally, i did better with the pistol because of the interrupt, i know the Duellist could do more dmg with points in Duelling, but it servers as a distraction too :P

The only bad thing not weaing Traveler or Speed, is the +25 movement, i think id doesnt worth any other like centaur, what you think?

Hello Fellow Mesmers, i just came back to my favored toon after months, with the changes, im in doubt in what to use as Runes, i dont have the gold to afford Traveler, so i was thinking Rune of Speed ????

Same with Armor, i can’t puchase Sentinel, so i think i’ll go for Soldier.

And the Sigils, my build is all mantra focused survivor, i use GS and Sw/pistol.

What should i go for? currently is Battle on GS, Bloodlust on Sw and Hydromancy on Pistol.

Criticise pls.

build http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fgAQNAR8al4zSpHSzmGb9IhJF923nUAdnT6hqT9qB

Ok, i just duelled this thief… and still, 1v1 against skilled ones its impossible to win :/

Thanks everyone for the responses

Soilder.3607:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fMAQNAR8XjIVF2JWCWs2Bg1DC9bw2DNtETXBUzYlVk9A-TsAA1CtIQShkDJDSSksINAZVwGEA

Signet melee ranger is very underestimated.

I don’t have a lot of time so in short this build gets:

-Lots of tankiness

-Good dps + nice maul spike when SoW and SoH are popped (crit or not)

-Extreme mobility

-Very good survivability

Cons:

-Weak to CD builds (as with most Ranger builds)

-Weak to superior kiting builds (Ex. P/D thieves, staff mesmers)

Make sure to use your pets effectively as well. Have fun mate.

Edit: I use HaO because I prefer the higher vigor uptime it gets compared to TU, but feel free to swap between the two and HS whenever needed.

I’ve tested this, and i gotta say it rocks indeed, did really good on most of 1v1’s…

really really good, gotta duel more thieves to see if it really shines over them.

Thanks man!

GS/ Sw dagger, focused on Evades, is it good? Against Thieves/Wars/Guards?

This is for pvp.

So, i made this all melee build http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fMAQNAsYRjAVV2RWuVoWCiVBB1ewp+bJWB+7UgKPdxKlIB,

Now, im in doubt about the Sigils i should use, im thinking about Energy on GS, Bloodlust on Sword and the +10 Venon duration on dagger.

What you guys think/suggest?

Also, on armor, should i mix Knight with Zerker ?

guns.3980:

The game has been developed very poorly given the vision ArenaNet set out, almost no area of the game feels polished. Wvwers feel neglected and many top guilds have quit the game (irrespective of RG returning the state of WvW is atrocious). The best Tpvpers quit the game last year and will never be back or never got into it in the first place, currently it’s only super and his friends that play in all tournaments because nobody else cares. The top tier PvE players are constantly ignored and the dungeon community has come together in outright despair. This game is doing a lot worse than it should and the mistakes that have been made are truly egregious.

If they add pvp servers, PvP Guilds would have more fun in Tyria, just saying :P