Guild Wars 2

laharl.8435:

robertul.3679:

Because every guardian is using it. Herdmind.

Who said that?

I noticed. I don’t know if you pug, but if you do you must have noticed.
The following answer I got from a mesmer after inquiring for the reason of using greatsword in melee(or ever): “Every mesmer is using it.”
#puglife

Actually a dishonor system might work but only in conjunction with a built-in inspect function. Neither of these will ever be implemented.

Or or..remove the kitten merge button.

Because every guardian is using it. Herdmind.

Gunsnroll.2657:

anathemawhite.6879:

If you people actually try to read his thread, he is not actually complaining about being kicked. He is complaining about the inability to join new parties because the system restricts him.
For myself I’ve never encountered this problem. Maybe you can advertise your own party if you are restricted from joining one?

He complains about not being able to join lfg because he’s kicked a lot, if he’s kicked a lot, it’s because he don’t read the description. People don’t kick 2k AP, unless they specify they want more, or they ask for a specific class, he don’t fit, get kicked, only because he don’t read. Like so much people using lfg.

Nope. They do kick people with few AP even if they don’t specify it. I’ve seen it happen. Chances are 10 times higher if said person is ranger/necro/engi.

Godmoney.2048:

robertul.3679:

lol necro in pve. you guys be silly.

Yeah because the run will take an extra 60 seconds………..Oh the humanity!

Nice thread OP. I loled and know where you’re coming from.

also OP said “supporting my team”..as a necro..that makes it 10 times more funny

Sigils and runes actually matter. So do potions.
Given the odd trait points your guardians took I’ll just assume they camp staff or use scepter/torch or whatever that guy with long youtube videos about nothing recommends.
So yea. Ranger. Totally. Longbow is great dps. It really is. Aside from ruining any attempts of stacking and getting no buffs longbow hits like a truck at max range.

That’s just bullkitten. They know it. We all know it. All those useless NPCs don’t affect servers(only players) but suddenly a few people using embers in dungeons is breaking the game. Next thing they’ll say is the stealth from feathers caused huge lag spikes.
Instead of buffing dungeon rewards they’re slowing the runs a bit. Not even that because only bads need feathers and summons are used in record runs to push huge feedbacks or other gimmicky things like transition grubs etc. on which the cooldown has no impact anyways.

Farming is how humans got from primitive hunter-gatherers to Facebook. Don’t diss hard repetitive work. Also dungeons. Do those.

lol necro in pve. you guys be silly.

Stacking and using line of sight are tactics older than modern era. They are combat strategies not exploits. So is kiting, skipping and other combat-avoiding tactics.
Also you use all of these in your WvW crazy adventure times. Using choke points is a great example of stacking. Running past/from big groups because they will own you is another.
On a happier note, you are actually allowed to make your on LFG post with whatever you want.
By the way, the hacking console thing being an exploit was funny so GG on that.

Yes. It happens from everything open world to dungeon completion. A trick is to not log right back in unless you can make it on time. Server considers you online for 15min(or 5) after you disconnect. Or it used to.

There is food that lasts 20min or so. That’s around 8h for 25 pieces.
What if you swap back and forth between the +xxx stat after mob kill and static food to maximize effectiveness? What if you can’t decide between pve and wvw and keep going back and forth changing everything from build and gear to food?

Blablabla “people don’t enjoy the same stuff I enjoy so they must be forced to do my way because it’s the best/only way” blabla

Mesmer is better than guardian except thrash kills while being the slowest class ever. Warrior has huge self buff capabilities while also being tanky so if you pug it’s the best choice. Also I never saw a pug not loving warriors. Thief is great for carrying bads(and blind spams) but then so is mesmer. Elementalist is great for both dps and might stacking while surviving pretty ok with lightning hammer.
Ranger is niche for speedruns and you might hate the sword root while pet aggroes the whole map. Engineer and even more necromancer are in the “who cares” area.
tl;dr Warrior.

Warrior………

Activities like crab toss and keg brawl give 600 karma/run or 1k if you win. If you’re bad at them you still get more than from fractals. Playing at odd hours will pretty much guarantee you the 1k.

So you payed 5g but got kicked 4 times? I smell bullkitten.

Didn’t you guys complain back then when everybody had 3mil karma that it’s useless? Anet listened. Now it’s not useless anymore.

The poison blast thingy is avoidable by moving away from your spot when he does the hand lift. Dodging back once works. There are safespots for the green crap on the floor and you can also avoid the roots by careful positoning( not next to the kitten trees).
It is a painfully long fight and meleeing would make it a bit faster but is it worth the stress of avoiding all the green crap on the floor?
One kites one ranges seems the best tactic unless you wanna show off.

Is the new skip around coral? The one after tar works. Still no wp at tar.

Since you stated you play ele..how do you survive while other guardians drop like flies? How do you die a lot on your own guardian yet stay alive on ele?

Remove walls. Both fgs and stacking exploits fixed.

Well you can be merged with one spot open. Just found out. The dev said the one who does the merging sacrifices his/her own instance but it was not the case. My totally legit p3 sell was killed but the other guy’s swimway p2 was up and going. Yay.

Paths 1 and 3 are around 7g. Path 2 goes for 3-4. Path 4 is 12-18 depending on seller.
Did you try to make a lfg post yourself? If not, don’t complain.

SkyChef.5432:

People against selling Arah paths mostly (99% at least) can’t solo Lupi and bosses. Am I right?

People selling Arah paths mostly can’t solo Lupi and bosses.

Does he really earn that much cash?

Nosoyelarty.7268:

What about dredge clown cars with gorillas inside?

Dredge reworked. They now knockdown and inflict weakness.

Critical damage will now be base 200% to counter the pvp meta.
Or all pve mobs are now structures.

With all the mergers around it’s obvious that everyone does the jp in p3/p4. It’a vicious cycle. People kick sellers because they think they “avoid”(if you know what I mean) certain parts of the path and sellers do it because it’s better to risk losing 15min than 25-30 or even more in p4.
In my opinion the jp is intended because every class can do it. Swimming is not because thief/ele/mes are the only ones that can do it.

The red circle is for the second explosion.

Cruor.1406:

Okey, i think i read enought to reply

I have to say that i always played necro as main char, so i followed nemesis for a long time. This build is bit …. well risky. Just becouse its not that mainstream and i find it not as good as he thinks. You all show pluses and negatives of this build.

First of all, its your choice to play build which you want … zerk, nemesis build, so funky build, tanky build …
If you wrote in LFG description that you looking for zerg, and some minionmancer comes … you can kick him, is your right
But one thing annoy me is that if want to find normal (not speed run) party for Arah, you cannt. Every good player is playing zerg and want only zerg. And its really difficul to find some kind of mentor, or experienced player which dont care about speed run, but about fun.

I know that lot of you have fun = speed run, but for those who disagree … well they have a small chance to do a good run.

But all of this is problem of devs

ZERK. NOT Zerg. Stahp! Nao!
Zerk means berserker stats(assassin too mostly).
Zerg is a playable faction in starcraft. Also used to denote the lolfest in wvw.

Be a healer in wvw. Solved.

These wps have been broken for a long time.
You get one wp before lupi on every path except p1.
Thing is, it’s working as intended. To open the one after tar you must do a little jumping puzzle.

This guy might actually be a blessing in disguise.

Because hard=more annoying.
From perma-conditions(screw you tower of nightmares) to downright meele hate like slavedriver cof p1(who cares) and molten fractal first champ it all boils down to kitten ing people off. Difficult content should revolve around mechanics but anet believes people want less Lupi and more Mai Trin for some reason. It might be true. Inb4 Mai Trin has mechanics.

There are already chat codes for legendary armor(chest piece at least) but I don’t know if that’s for devs to be able to do fractals in livestream or it’s future content. Also cba to read 7 pages of words so if someone already said this, whatever.

spoj.9672:

CptAurellian.9537:

robertul.3679:

Also, did you guys notice the guardian meta has been shook from the grounds?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMpyuieGyhc

Unless the meta got a heart attack due to how bad that build is, it doesn’t change anything. Except that, since it’s Nemesis, I expect a lot of fools to run around with a bad build in the near future.

Atleast its better than them running around in cleric mace shield builds I suppose.

It is also easier to spot and boot. I, for one, can’t wait to see people running this.

I find condition removal from virtue almost useless except for thrash runs to remove those pesky chills, cripples etc. I mean it’s nice to have but not worth the sacrifice since purging flames or a mesmer with half a brain can cover all the removal you need.
If you can keep unscathed it’s obvious which build is the best so I won’t go there.
I prefer the sword/greatsword rotation because it’s still a dps gain even without the 5% trait for gs and even after sw got buffed to 10%.
My train of thought went like this→ I assumed I need a minimal of 10/25/0/5/10. This leaves me with 20 points. 5 for RHS,10 for whatever the 5%gs is called. 5 trait points left and since as I mentioned I don’t care for retreat cd, might as well improve symbol a bit(almost useless) and gain 50 power.
Also, did you guys notice the guardian meta has been shook from the grounds?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMpyuieGyhc

Yes. They should be able to detect any kind of stealth because they have sensitive hearing.
As for being blind, what exactly makes you think that? The wiki can’t be trusted and their sources are shady at best. If they are based on real life moles, I’m sorry to inform you but they still retain visual capabilities and I’d be glad to direct you towards a scientific study in this regard if you are interested.
The new living story should actually focus on the dredge because we know so little about them. To honor them, all mobs in any dungeon or fractal, boss or otherwise, should be dredge.

OP. Since 5 points for vigor on crit is an immense quality of life improvement and seeing as you put 20/25/0/0/25 first and 20/30/0/10/10 second, how would 25/30/0/5/10 work? Assuming I don’t care for retreat cd. I’ll do the math myself but I was kinda hoping you already did it. I expect it to be between them, below the first and above the second.

The main issue with dredge is their immunity to blind. Why are they immune to blind? Because they look like moles? That is a silly reason.
Every creature immune to a condition like embers/destroyers to burning, hylek to poison etc. also applies it. So it follows that dredge should be able to apply blinds too. Please fix this anet so I can enjoy lore immersion.

Wow so I got merged too. I always assumed 1 player can’t break a group of 4. I was wrong. He was also a pro. He went right back into Arah to waste more people’s time.
Using proxies makes the matter harder because 73% of the people joining a seller don’t know the following:
1)how much it costs
2)which path/dungeon it is
3)why are they even buying it
4)that this is a selling and people don’t actually need help with the last 1% of the final boss totally for free

Ethics.4519:

robertul.3679:

Because of ethics. Lol.
But srsly, kicking should be something mandated by certain criteria. Not a freedom you can exercise at whim. From your point of view people shouldn’t be kicked for any reason because freedom to everybody!
Bottom line is the whole point of personalised lfg message is to convey one’s requirements for said run.
When two opposite things clash(i.e. freedom) the one that trumps the other is the one with either higher personal/collective benefit or the more ethical one.
tl;dr don’t be a kitten, don’t kick (unless they don’t respect your lfg post)

Haha, I like your reply.

Just remember not everybody is as caring as some people. I don’t know you. You could be an 80 year old granny behind the computer or a 14 year old punk kid, or any mix inbetween. If you join my party, and we haven’t entered the dungeon yet, I have absolutely no obligation of anything to you. I could kick you because you’re a char, because I don’t like your armor, because the color you chose is stupid.

If we’re talking about kicking midway through a run or right at the end boss, then that’s a different issue.

Yes you could kick at any point. Does this means it’s fair? Assuming fairness a consensus that I admit might be vague sometimes.
The obligations are obviously of moral nature. It is immoral to waste other people’s time, especially for no good reason.
I believe that this kicking issue keeps popping up because of the lack of communication between people. Hence, to facilitate this interaction the person who joins should always read the lfg ( cmon, it takes a couple of secs because of the character limit) and the one posting should be a bit careful with the wording.
Obviously you can’t describe every single requirement, but most should be obvious.
“Experienced only” is one of the worst things you can write. It attracts scrub elitists(people who believe they are good but they are not). I can remember a lot of groups that asked for experienced only, then failed miserably because everybody is a kittening special snowflake nowadays.
I gearchecked for multiple paths only because it’s a pain to actually get a decent group and it’s not worth it for only one path. I used to do this for AC,CoE,SE 1+3 etc.
I only do Arah now because of time constraints and I state that I will kick people who get grubbed at lupi. I really don’t care if they die from kicks(also a good way to spot bad gears because they only lose like 15% hp) but finishing alone with multiple grub stacks is annoying.
Actually, I even kept people that were open about their lack of experience if they said so from the beginning and tried to give them advice from my limited knowledge. Some even got it right from the first try. Listening does wonders. But this is very rare. Most will get mad that you dare question their playstyle and we all know the silent ones, the ninjas of failure that uncloak themselves in the worst possible moment( and the bubblefest may begin!)

mkaito.6981:

robertul.3679:

There is actually something more about using berserker gear. Most dungeon paths can be completed with way less than 5 people(except CoE lasers and the like) but it’s slower

I have no idea where you are going with this. Berserker’s gear is good because dungeons can be completed with less than five people? How does one thing lead to another?

robertul.3679:

people who can survive in full dps gear are obviously better than people running magi or apothecary or whatever crap some run.

I thought the fact that gear does jack kitten about your survival, aside from agony resistance, was well known and generally accepted to be true.

I can see why knight’s and soldier’s would be frowned upon, but why would you reject, for example, rabid or assassin’s gear?

1. Dungeons are easy enough to be completed with less people but sometimes you want efficiency.
2. People who can survive in berserker OR assassin tend to be better players because it’s harder to not die in those as compared to gears that have vitality, healing power blabla *
3. More than that the gear itself makes the run faster because yes, dps does matter

• Your confusion about this may arise because you consider only fractals. In most dungeons, even fractals to a certain extent, gear does affect your survivability. It is however counter-productive because of the vicious cycle that occurs when heals( and other defensive skills) go on cooldown because it took forever to kill said mob and armor itself cannot protect you enough.

The only incredible thing is how he manages to spam 3 aegis in a row with perfect timing. Or is it 2? Jumping puzzle makes crusher seem easy.

Because of ethics. Lol.
But srsly, kicking should be something mandated by certain criteria. Not a freedom you can exercise at whim. From your point of view people shouldn’t be kicked for any reason because freedom to everybody!
Bottom line is the whole point of personalised lfg message is to convey one’s requirements for said run.
When two opposite things clash(i.e. freedom) the one that trumps the other is the one with either higher personal/collective benefit or the more ethical one.
tl;dr don’t be a kitten, don’t kick (unless they don’t respect your lfg post)

I am aware that those groups take longer to fill but they are a new occurence from my point of view.
Also stating only Px on the lfg and then kicking people is a kitten move. You never stated any requirements beside the path number. This gives people the right to assume anything goes.

Living story endgame content? Fractals harder? My sides.

Stop using the boxes. They suck. Either right in the middle with untraited wardens or left corner. As I stated before, people die because they stay right next to the boss or worse, inside. It’s hard to see without some spacing. Get a bit back and watch for the animation. Just turn the camera so you see everything from right side.