Guild Wars 2

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In over a decade of MMO playing, I’ve not come across many games with a better, more balanced, pvp system that GW2

Every class has access to 100% evasion through the dodge roll mechanic. Mesmer’s core pvp survivability and effectiveness lies in the deception and trickery of illusions, and they are very easy to tell apart (clones tend to be stationary, players do not). Making clones easily identifiable would utterly destroy mesmer viability in pvp

Newsflash: Elite skills are supposed to strong, hence the incredibly long cooldowns on them

You can queue with you party in pvp

Honestly it sounds to me like you’ve jumped straight in to pvp with no idea of the class’ core mechanics.

To succeed in pvp in gw2 you need at the very least a working understanding of how every class works, you seem to have jumped in without a clue, had a few bad games and tried to blame the system, rather than your lack of knowledge, experience and skill.

The problem is not with GW2’s pvp, it’s with your lack of familiarity with how each class operates. Get some more practice, get experienced and learn how to deal with pvp situations.

The first week or so I was pvping I had no clue and just got annihilated non stop in pug groups. at the end of my first week I had about a 17% win rate in pvp. Now however I’m much more experienced and knowledgeable in the game and it’s mechanics, and my win rate is getting closer and closer to 50%

when ever HoT releases, which, knowing Anet, we won’t know about until the day preorders are made available.

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Ravezaar.4951:

GS has 0.25s longer cast time really ? if u cant hit a target then re-roll. For WvW Reaper will be amazing, for sPvP it will be alot stronger then current (what maybe 2ppl in top Tourney play Nec current). In PvE well iam gonna say change very little for grp support(dont care, never do PvE)

ppl think we get interupted alot, or CC’s to pieces as a slow GS wielder/Melee brawler, yea well we will have 8s Stab(pulsating) on 14s rotation with Speed of Shadows, if u cant grasp what that will do for our necro iam sry I cant help u.

Unless they have drastically increased the durability of DS, what you get in ds won’t mean much. Especially when you consider that to utilise reaper you need to get up close and personal and make yourself vulnerable to even easier wear on ds uptime from attacks

You likely didn’t encounter anyone who took the time to report your name until recently, so it’s more likely that you went under ANet’s radar than your name just suddenly became unacceptable.

They look great, I just wish you could dye weapons. green is not anywhere even close to being a colour I appreciate

Algreg.3629:

sad nerdy weirdo-ness that can only be offset by an Elvis impersonator minister…

A lot of real life couples would like the option to “officially” link their characters in game. I see nothing sad or nerdy or weird about that.

To me, Reaper looks bloody fantastic.

But that’s all it does. It looks cool. But when you look at the numbers, and what the skills actually do, it does nothing for the necromancer in general (a class that’s been left in the dust for a long time in terms of what it needs to be on par with the other classes). All of the core issues with the class are still glaringly present.

Chronomancer got a skill to make them key to party content, as well as a 25% speed boost in their kit (something requested for a long, long time), dragonhunter (crappy name aside) gets powerful long ranged attacks, something they were sorely lacking.
Reaper? All reaper gets is what we’ve always had. damage (though admittedly a decent cleave weapon at last will be nice). Necro still has no decent party utility and will still be an outlier of the metagame. On top of that the greatsword skills look so sluggish that to be viable in pvp as a reaper would require almost 100% shroud uptime (chill doesn’t mean jack with the amount of condi cleanse available).

I’m still holding out hope for the mentioned blood magic trait line rework, but don’t be blinded by aesthetics, people. Look at the numbers and what the specialisations actually bring to the table

note, this is a repost of a thread that got locked by arguing in the main HoT forum. I figure conversation will be far more constructive in the necro subsection, so yeah

Zackie.8923:

i don’t know man, i would have preferred dynamic random weather

well, according to reddit this patch also brought about changes in other maps such as a rise in LA water levels, more water in legacy of the foefire pvp map waterfall, melting glaciers, etc

Varezenem.2813:

The resurgence of mordremoth must have caused a massive global cooling affecting tyria’s climates immensely. Including incresaed rain activity in divinity’s reach.

This could be related to Morderemoth, yes.

I wonder if a lot of the maps will see progressively worse weather as we near HoT

Since the patch, I have noticed it seems to rain a heck of a lot more than it did on certain maps (especially noticable in Queensdale). I brought this up with my guildies and they all seemed to notice it too.

Are we going mad, or has anyone else noticed a difference in the weather on certain maps since the patch hit?

I definitely like this idea. For many, map completion more than once is quite tedious, and this coul;d fix that.

However I would add an effect that states that the character that uses the item to unlock waypoints can not qualify for a gift of exploration reward if they chose to map complete

I don’t see how you are forced to do anything.

You are doing it because you want the extra speed (which most classes give up a utility slot for if they take it, by the way – quite a sacrifice in pvp/wvw), not because you absolutely need it. mesmers do not need a 25% speed boost to stay competitive with other classes (also mesmer is getting a 25% speed boost in the chronomancer spec as a minor)

but then once everyone gets used to this new base speed, we’ll see the same complaints come back again.

I will readily admit I was quite disappointed when HoT revealed that no actual new weapons would be released, just classes being able to weild a new weapon. I do agree that the current weapon system is very restrictive and could be made better

One core feature of many other games that I truly have missed in GW2 is the idea of a couple/lovers/family/etc system. I’d fully support it if they ever suggested it would be implemented.

I highly doubt HoT will have all the content of typical AAA game expansions, but I’ll be glad for it’s arrival and the options it opens up regardless

Maybe they’re finally working on fixing dungeon exploitation to make the dungeons actually require effort. Would be nice

I suggested several months ago that they rebuild LA with community involvement using events like resource gathering and the like, but I suspect ANet’s plans here are pretty set in stone other than the names of the places (ie, the thing that requires the smallest amount of effort to change)

Orpheal.8263:

Fits for both theoretically, but Saboteurs are very sneaky. They don’t want to be seen while they sabotage stuff, so thats the plus for the high stealthy thief for me .

Tell that to the bandits. they just run at you and drop powder kegs at your feet. About as stealthy as a trumpeting elephant

How many is " a lot" to you? Because in over a decade of playing MMORPG’s I have never come across one with a gentler levelling curve and easier levelling system than GW2.

It’s not very boring, either. In a vast majority of MMO’s you are left to grind out your levels on the same mob/quest run/etc. Here there’s a myriad of things to do, all of which give you exp.

GW2’s leveling is easy, casual and fun. I dunno what you’re doing wrong, maybe you’re just endlessly grinding eotm for levels? Because that sure is boring as heck

Moss.5371:

Davidm.2419:

How much will guild wars 2 heart of thorns cost?

$35.95

Davidm.2419:

and when will guild wars 2 heart of thorns come out?

Jan-6th-2016

Davidm.2419:

and will there be a collecters edition for guild wars 2 heart of thorns at gamestop?

Yes. $79.95

All this misinformation in a single post. Kudos, sir.

To me, Reaper looks bloody fantastic.

But that’s all it does. It looks cool. But when you look at the numbers, and what the skills actually do, it does nothing for the necromancer in general (a class that’s been left in the dust for a long time in terms of what it needs to be on par with the other classes). All of the core issues with the class are still glaringly present. Chronomancer got a skill to make them key to party content, as well as a 25% speed boost in their kit (something requested for a long, long time), dragonhunter (crappy name aside) gets powerful long ranged attacks, something they were sorely lacking.

Reaper? All reaper gets is what we’ve always had. damage. Necro still has no decent party utility and will still be an outlier of the metagame. On top of that the greatsword skills look so sluggish that to be viable in pvp as a reaper would require almost 100% shroud uptime (chill doesn’t mean jack with the about of condi cleanse available).

I’m still holding out hope for the mentioned blood magic trait line rework, but don’t be blinded by aesthetics, people. Look at the numbers and what the specialisations actually bring to the table

I understand your point, OP. However this is a fault of the players, not just game design.

There will ALWAYS be players that look to find the fastest/most efficient method of doing content no matter the sacrifice in fun (look at how fast chest farm arose from silverwastes), that is not something any form of design principles can fix

You can target specific mobs for T6 mats. 80 skelks/skales drop t6 blood, 80 moa’s drop t6 claws, etc

Yeah, the drop rate is abyssmal (A side affect of 100% PRNG drop rates, but that’s a different bag of worms), but if you dedicate yourself to farming a specific mob on a map you can still get a decent stockpile of T6 in a few hours. It just happens to be mind-numbingly boring

eh, reaper comes in last for me.

As much as it looks cool and flashy and new, all it does is give necro more of what it already had, which is damage. Necromancers need party support and have been asking for party support from the start. Unless the blood magic trait line rework is godlike, I can’t see HoT fixing any of the necromancer’s core issues. I also feel that reaper will not be viable in pvp unless perpetually in shroud due to how slow, lumbering and easy to evade their attacks are. Anyone who PvP’s even a little will know that quick attacks and mobility are key to winning. Reaper will just be swinging at air most of the time in a pvp match against reasonably sensible opponents.

Chronomancer looks cool, not gonna lie. Alacrity will be game changing for every aspect of the meta.

Dragon hunter just seems meh. The whole traps thing looks awesome but to me the style of the traps given promotes a melee play style, contradictory to them using a longbow (unless they change the traps to be deployable at range). There’s also the name, which some may say is just a name, but to me having a bland and generic (there’s nothing “high concept” about calling someone that hunts dragons a dragon hunter, just fyi) name is a turn off

As usual, here’s TTH with a more detailed look at the reaper before we get the PoI later today: http://www.tentonhammer.com/news/guild-wars-2/meet-reaper-necromancer-elite-specialization

How the chinese server is run and their methods of bringing in income have little to do with ANet.

It was pretty much expected by a lot of the playerbase for GW2 to flop in China, the game is too casual compared with what the market is used to and it wasn’t well received

Stark.1350:

You can’t just abandon the regular game while working on an expansion.

ANet seem to disagree

Looking cool isn’t a good trade off to what they specifically stated with be attacks that are very slow and come with long cast times/wind ups. that alone will make reaper spec all but pointless in PvP.

Kayne West looks cool, he’s still useless and bad at his job

The Mesmer and Guardian forums have had active ANet posts in them since their spec/elite spec reveals.

Us? Bugger all.

The sheer level of developer bias is so evident and so disheartening.

eh, if the attacks are much slower than standard GS attacks, alongside long cast times, I can’t see reaper being worthwhile in pvp

Except dervish has party support coming out of it’s ears.

Softspoken.2410:

I maintain that while the specialization could have given that option, it would be better for the class as a whole to have impactful support options in their core trait lines, such as Blood Magic.

but necro mains have been asking for some level of rework on blood magic/general skills for a long time and it;’s not happened. I was hoping that the specialisation would be used to address it, which is better than nothing

Looking at the new spec (which I have to say, I personally love) it seems like ANet have every intention of keeping necro a selfish class with 0 party support and I have to say this is rather disappointing.

Don’t get me wrong, I utterly love the whole theme and idea behind reaper, but come on ANet, do you not even look at the necro subforum to see what necro mains actually WANT from their class?

Pretty sure melee stave skills were datamined for the revenant

Rebound.3409:

No..for an mmo and for the CONSTANT demands and expectations of an mmo that IS a micro team. For a single player that’s an OK team…but even then not that big.

The vast majority of f2p mmo’s have developer employee numbers barely in the 10’s, let alone the hundreds

Sizer.5632:

So basically the op wrote 8 paragraphs about how people are mad that the devs are not releasing new content while they are working on new content?

Interesting.

What would you prefer, having one unique meal a day and nothing between that one meal, or having a repetitive but regular source of food.

Just because they are working on new content does not mean their handling of things has been good. at the very least they could quite easily enable SAB (something the community has been demanding for a long, long time), but they don’t.

This is a double kick to the genitals of the community because not only is it well within their power to give us this content with little effort (people are just asking for rereleases, after all, nothing new) but they are consciously denying people that content despite knowing full well that the community want it. That is what I dislike about how they are handling HoT’s lead up.

This is supposed to be a time of hype and activity for GW2, but it’s driving my guild members and friends away and even turning them off of the idea of buying HoT too.

Anet seem to have a habit of shooting themselves in the foot with poor decisions and then, rather than rectifying those mistakes, covering their ears and pretending the complaints do not exist

was a bit disappointed given May is Jenna’s Jubilee, I hope it won’t pass by uncelebrated.

Originally all I made was human males, however now I’m far more partial to sylvari because of the sheer quality of the voice acting on male sylvari compared to the other races, coupled with how good their lore is

narwhalsbend.7059:

Why would they? Skills have effects already anyway.

Why wouldn’t they?

All legendaries currently change one or more aspects of their associated weapon skills, from changing weapon projectiles to giving certain skills special effects

Would be nice to know whether the new specialisations will be getting unique legendary particles on their skills for the new weapons they can use

you can already activate effect LoD, which majorly limits the number of particle effects from other players rendered on your screen.

But yeah, I’d imagine someone using a low spec machine would not have a fun time at world bosses amidst constant chronomancer well explosions

no idea, probably a similar reason to why we only ever auto attack with our main hand weapon even when wielding two viable melee weapons

So I was wondering if anyone knew what armour set and GS was used in the 60 priory storyline “The Ghost Rite”.

Here’s some screenies

Arbiter is a far, far better name. It fits the theme (Judge/Jury/Executioner of evil) and it’s not laughably generalist like “dragon hunter” (aka every single PC in Tyria)

come on ANet: Just do ANYTHING AT ALL EVER to our class please.

Dawnbreaker.6215:

Dayra.7405:

The physics behind undead dragons or why Tequatl can fly

Living consist mostly of water and water is the main reason of weight of Living. On dead living dry out and dead creatures are also infected by bacteria that produce Methane. Methane is slightly lighter than normal air.

So Tequal is a kind of Methane-ballone where his cells are now filled with Methane instead of Water, making him in total only slightly heavier than air, a weight his wings can easily cary in air.

Methane is also burnable (-> dragon-fire), the smell of Tequatl breath that let us all run away when he cries does NOT come from Methane (it’s odorless) but from Hydrogen sulfide also produced as Tequal is rotting since ages.

Summary: If we would have undead dragons on earth they could fly on earth without any magic

Not a bad theory at all, especially the fact you go into chemistry. But I think the quantity of methane would not be enough. Look at how much helium it takes to pull anything heavy off the ground, manned helium balloons are gigantic, and helium is significantly lighter than oxygen.

But, now I have a question for the people who have been saying “it’s magic”. If it’s magic, then why does he need wings at all? The wings are completely obsolete, they are not helping at all.

perhaps the wings are the focus of his magic, or it could be an obsolete remnant of evolution (look at the number of things on the human body that serve little to no purpose)

Vizardlorde.8243:

Achrisos.1360:

CMF.5461:

Vizardlorde.8243:

Courage I can see people wanting to keep it wrath,not so much. Conflagrate did less damage than symbol of wrath + whirling wrath in the same time frame to multiple targets. Zealots fervor was the only reason to use tome of wrath when mesmers were not around and a shout makes it better than the tome. binding blade, wards, heck even shelter make better AoE CC not taking into account the new DH AoE CC.

Agreed, which is why I propose to increase damage or number of targets on Conflagrate. By increasing damage it is an easy fix to make it threatening. and/or increasing number of targets helps its use in large fight situations (wvw). Less damage per target but more damage done to a whole group.

Tome of Wrath was one of our few ranged targetable aoe skills that could be useful to keep opponents off a point in sPvP or keep doing damage from a wall in WvW. It just needs a boost to make it more worthwhile.

Not everyone runs GS. With my Burn Build conflagate would hit for 1k+ raw dam on top of 1k+ burn dam per sec from 1200 range. I could clear a whole cap point by the time duration ran out.

That’s why I propose new version has quickness +burning rather than quickness +fury (all 3 would be great) in order to retain the best aspect of tome of wrath-conflagate.

yes and a necromancer with lichform does 8k critsfrom 1200 range a meteorshower /lava font does 3-5k crits, 2k damage per cast with a 1/9 uptime is pathetic.

Lich Form is also a necromancer elite skill with a 20 second duration and 3 minute cooldown. don’t compare an elite skill with basic skills if you want to be taken seriously, please.