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Dishoner apply penalty to matchmaking?

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The matchmaker just prefers to put doodoo heads with doodoo heads. It doesn’t change the skill level of doodoo heads you’re playing against.

You sir, win the internet today.

With this comment, I almost went to anet careers tab to apply for a job.

He’s been on fire lately, it’s great! Also the communication across the forums lately have been amazing

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How do I beat DH's?

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Necro: Use unblockable attacks, trait staff to unblockable and fill utility bars with unblockable attacks.
Condi builds should have it pretty easy due to boon corruption and power necros have wells and shouts.

Warrior: Deadshot Amulet, Wanderers Amulet, Sage Amulet or Carrion Amulet for easy condi stack spams.

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Flaw to Placement matches?

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I have no idea what the initial MMR meant before placement matches.

But If I could make a guess, this will be a determinant to your placement matches. Meaning, I could be matched with similar players of the same MMR on those placement matches.

So I have a 267 on Initial, Arken a 264, Helseth 294, Lycarak 390.

So meaning, If I played yesterday at the start of the season, I should be matched up with Arken and co. yesterday.

But I didn’t coz I have to work.

Now I tried doing the placement matches:

“IT IS THE MOST ANNOYING EXPERIENCE EVER”

We lost a 4v5, (we have 5 fyi)
People triple capping a point, Dying in 2 seconds in teamfights etc.

So..Was it really that bad that I didn’t play yesterday?

No it was this bad yesterday. people want to win pips. they don’t care if they win or lose because they still get pips.

With that said, the MM is the kittening worst ever.

Wait for the Mmrs to settle since everyone was brought to the 1200 baseline it literally started yesterday..

If I have to wait, then what was the point in the placement matches? So I played 10 games for make-believe? The MM is a joke, out of 20 matches I’ve won 6! The skill gap in teams is laughable, and I have to laugh because if I don’t it would be worthy of crying over.

The whole point of the placement matches was to stop blow out’s but all it’s done it make them so, you win easy or you get hammered. losing 14 games on the bounce is not fun at kittening all.

You do realize there was a huge influx of PvE players that probably had the average Mmr because they heard easy Ascended rewards. And with everyone still going through placement matches the Mmr doesn’t magically settle instantly because not everyone played yesterday so there is that it takes a few days after a mass Mmr reset..

So what your saying is the placement matches are pointless. Gotcha.

Apparently you don’t understand how simple Mmr systems work you got a rough placement gen after that you either increase or decrease right now the soft reset bunched everyone’s Mmr close together, the more you play and the further into the season the more accurate your mmr will be, the placement matches gave a rough baseline for you to individually start out at. They serve a purpose. The game has very little data to begin the season with, it would be no different than if they reset everyone down to the same starting Mmr and didn’t have placement matches.

I wouldn’t bother with this guy unless you want an infraction or posts deleted/moderated. He’ll keep quoting on a never ending cycle and you will get the blame for thread derailment or any sound logical argument thrown his way will get deleted off forums without even a message from the support team.

On topic though I think this season match making is pretty good…. My games have all been 30 points roughly apart all game, been some intense fights and plays and hasn’t been any steam rolls except the matches that people DC and spawn afk.

So your having good games, that means everything is working fine and there are no problems? Wow. The idea behind the placement matches where so people are not getting steam rolled by players way better than them right? That was the point correct? If this was the point, for the average player, it failed. I know I’m not a PvP god, but I know an out of whack MM system and a flawed placement system.

The advice of people need to wait for the better players to clear out means the system didn’t work. On paper it’s a great idea, I was looking forward to some fun games on maps that where not col. Guess I was hoping for too much.

But at least your games ate fun, so no one else matters right?

If you say so.

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ReplaceLadderNamesWithCharacterNamesPlease

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So you can put up super rude names for all to see? I KNOW WHAT YOU DID ON THE GUILD BOARDS.

Wait, we are allowed to use super rude names as character? Excuse me i have to do a “not-dry cat” charr!

Hey I like that….. I think rude names are allowed to a certain extent. I have a few but it’s not noticable really, “Ice Bank Mice Elf” “Willie Fisterbottom” “Crusty Fart Stain” “Justin Innche” “Taco Bell Aftermath” (Burn Engie) “Trehearnes Mistress” and so on but I would have to agree with Evans point I wouldn’t want those names on the leaderboards either.

Just wanna point out: Those names I’ve had for over a year, I’ve had a lot of toons renamed but some like Crusty Fart Stain haven’t been touched and it’s actually quite a fitting name for me hehe

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absurd penalty for disconnect

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1 minute and 30 seconds I believe….

Sometimes I wish it would skip the unnecessary HotM map loading screen if you’re already in a match.

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Flaw to Placement matches?

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I have no idea what the initial MMR meant before placement matches.

But If I could make a guess, this will be a determinant to your placement matches. Meaning, I could be matched with similar players of the same MMR on those placement matches.

So I have a 267 on Initial, Arken a 264, Helseth 294, Lycarak 390.

So meaning, If I played yesterday at the start of the season, I should be matched up with Arken and co. yesterday.

But I didn’t coz I have to work.

Now I tried doing the placement matches:

“IT IS THE MOST ANNOYING EXPERIENCE EVER”

We lost a 4v5, (we have 5 fyi)
People triple capping a point, Dying in 2 seconds in teamfights etc.

So..Was it really that bad that I didn’t play yesterday?

No it was this bad yesterday. people want to win pips. they don’t care if they win or lose because they still get pips.

With that said, the MM is the kittening worst ever.

Wait for the Mmrs to settle since everyone was brought to the 1200 baseline it literally started yesterday..

If I have to wait, then what was the point in the placement matches? So I played 10 games for make-believe? The MM is a joke, out of 20 matches I’ve won 6! The skill gap in teams is laughable, and I have to laugh because if I don’t it would be worthy of crying over.

The whole point of the placement matches was to stop blow out’s but all it’s done it make them so, you win easy or you get hammered. losing 14 games on the bounce is not fun at kittening all.

You do realize there was a huge influx of PvE players that probably had the average Mmr because they heard easy Ascended rewards. And with everyone still going through placement matches the Mmr doesn’t magically settle instantly because not everyone played yesterday so there is that it takes a few days after a mass Mmr reset..

So what your saying is the placement matches are pointless. Gotcha.

Apparently you don’t understand how simple Mmr systems work you got a rough placement gen after that you either increase or decrease right now the soft reset bunched everyone’s Mmr close together, the more you play and the further into the season the more accurate your mmr will be, the placement matches gave a rough baseline for you to individually start out at. They serve a purpose. The game has very little data to begin the season with, it would be no different than if they reset everyone down to the same starting Mmr and didn’t have placement matches.

I wouldn’t bother with this guy unless you want an infraction or posts deleted/moderated. He’ll keep quoting on a never ending cycle and you will get the blame for thread derailment or any sound logical argument thrown his way will get deleted off forums without even a message from the support team.

On topic though I think this season match making is pretty good…. My games have all been 30 points roughly apart all game, been some intense fights and plays and hasn’t been any steam rolls except the matches that people DC and spawn afk.

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….. And Elementalist.

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499:500 vs 100:500

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Ty, that means i can do it “quick” when i see i am on the losing side

No….

I had 3 placement games with people who quit after the first initial midfight, I also lost gold ranking because of AFKers and people who wanted to end it “quick” just because they fell 50 points behind in score.

Please don’t queue if you don’t intend to give your best throughout the whole game.

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This game needs commander test

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Pugs want better commanders and commanders want better pugs. I suggest buying your own tag and seeing how “fun” commanding a group of people chasing a thief is.

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Loot Box Odds in China

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I thought we already had this feature, I’ve been using preview on BL chests….

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Please don't implement the new amulet

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I actually see myself using this amulet for Chrono with pistol offhand or even just a Reaper would make good use of it, extra life force health pool and all…

Seems we are getting more reliant on Condition builds for DPS though.

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Nerfing power rev= bunker meta (s5 fail)

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Is Rev the only class that’s supposed to be able to kill bunkers is it?

I did not know this.

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Upcoming Changes to Skills

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Happy to hear the daze from trap Guards is gone.

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Now that PvP will give you ascended gear...

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I have the expansion

There’s only one way to get the elite specs, buy the expansion

Round and round we go because you respond before reading.

You can already level in pvp with tomes of knowledge, your character doesn’t have to be level 2 for 3 years. Elites you already get unlocked in spvp, the other game modes have to earn the hero points to even unlock them. Already getting levels and now gear handed to you, you want to unlock everything for a character in the game mode which doesn’t need none of it? Why not ask for mastery points too.

You missed the point…. But without knowing it you actually agreed with me to a certain extent.

Just to help you out, I’m trying to suggest or hope they allow Elite spec unlocks in PvP now that they have decided to hand us gear. You eat a steak with a Knife and Fork, not just a fork.

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Now that PvP will give you ascended gear...

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I have the expansion

There’s only one way to get the elite specs, buy the expansion

Round and round we go because you respond before reading.

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Some new amulets I would like

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Condition toughness healing?

Acro condi evasion thief plays ftw.

:) I would love that combination, but fear Condi Druid would be OP with that.

Why stop there when you could be a Mace/shield shout berserker!

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A letter from a disheartened team player.

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I was one of the people who advocated a solo/duo queue but it was never meant to be at the expense of team queues as I take part in those too…

Both is what I thought we were voting on, not one or the other. For all we know it could be just the one season…. Maybe next season we can have both

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PS to determine player skill?

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Am I to understand this correctly, that if you gain a high personal score via zerging PvP with 4 people that the system will say you’re more skillful than the guy who held home all game against 2 people alone?

Is that correct? is this the measurement of “player skill” in the new system?

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Now that PvP will give you ascended gear...

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What good is ascended gear to a toon that’s been at level 2 for 3 years? I don’t get the logic. You can’t level up in PvP or earn elites so why the gear?

Hopefully this means playing PvP might also level your character or Elite, hopefully.

That why they get tomes of knowledge thrown at them from the reward tracks, elites you need to buy the expansion.

PvE crowd won this game once ascended was even introduced. Camelot Unchained can’t come soon enough.

Kind of like how Blade and Soul couldn’t come soon enough? Or Black Desert? Or Wildstar? Or ESO?

Those games might not have outright replaced wvw for the masses, but it did grab players, it’s not like gw2 is holding on to players despite those games failing. Not all players are not going to sit around in gw2 forever until they find a replacement if it keeps getting treated badly, especially since it’s become a lot less fun since the expansion.

I have the expansion, doesn’t change the fact you can’t earn Elites in HoT and having a vanilla build in WvW is subpar.

Again, where is the logic?

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Some new amulets I would like

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Condition toughness healing?

Acro condi evasion thief plays ftw.

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Pre Cursor crafting is a joke!

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I miss calculated something. It should be 100 Gold more expensive than on TP. But hey I don’t see the point of having those achievements then. You spend your time on those boring crafts, and achievements all over the map for what? To pay 100 gold more and spend hours of crafting and doing achs?… Seriously..

To be fair, Precursors were a lot more expensive until crafting them became an option, then the prices between crafting and buying evened out to what it is now.

Seems normal to me.

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Leaked next Expansion details!

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all just hear say at best with fake leaked stuff that leads to noting at all!! not only that

but if that was real and not something leaked or fake . i will not spend one penny on

that at all .and i will unstall the game fully . that would be something i would not

want in this game at all. and if i want to play mario i will play mario on my wii and so

forth but not in this game at all ever !!

Just for clarity, this is in the game already. It’s the Super Adventure Box festival that occurs in April. The OP was being tongue-in-cheek about an expac based on it.

oh that i never do that junky Super Adventure Box festival do not like it think it should

not be in the game at all

Good thing about SAB is that it’s an instance that has no effect on the playerbase who has no interest in SAB.

Yea, i dont know why, i always try it but i never get into SAB. Its probably the event i mostly hate, i avoid it completely mostly. Good thing is it doesnt affect on anything the game, well maybe i lose the chance of earning those cool skins but thats about it.

I’m exactly the same, I hate it but it has no effect on my gameplay what so ever so I don’t care, if only dueling could be implemented the same way…….

Except that devs already complained how much effort it is to make a single sab map.
As a result, it does affect us. It takes several devs a month or longer to make on map. All that effort couldve gone to ls3, current events, or expansion.. I dunno.. actual content

It is content, just not appealing content to us. Not all content appeals to all players but with instances it doesn’t really bother anyone who doesn’t care about it, just provides more options to have fun to those that are interested.

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Now that PvP will give you ascended gear...

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What good is ascended gear to a toon that’s been at level 2 for 3 years? I don’t get the logic. You can’t level up in PvP or earn elites so why the gear?

Hopefully this means playing PvP might also level your character or Elite, hopefully.

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Duel with friends

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You can farm for ages for a Guild Hall, my small man guild is still at level 9 after a year although people got sick of farming PvE to do PvP things and left the game.

You could do PvP arenas even though build diversity is lacking or maybe you can do it in WvW if you want to pay gems to move away from your friends to be on the opposite servers for a quick duel….

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SPvP build

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Sword/focus and GS is great for chasing but Mace/shield is also great for decapping and holding a point and providing team support, depends on the playstyle you’re looking for but otherwise I like your build due to it being similar to one of mine.

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Change Precursors to Account Bound

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If I’m to understand this right….

Crafting a Precursor is Soulbind and not Account bound? I ask because I was about to make my first steps towards making the precursor for my Mesmer but I would have to make it on my Ele due to it having all crafts maxed and it would suck if it was soulbind after I made it.

Anyone clear this up for me please?
I’ve had a few precursor drops before but they were always account bound until used.

HoT precursors are ascended weapons, and ascended items are always account bound. The old (base game) precursors, whether obtained as a drop or crafted, are exotics which are tradeable on the TP (not bound at all) unless they are equipped.

All of the components crafted to make a legendary (gift of magic, gift of might, etc.) are account bound. The legendary itself will also either be unbound (base game legendaries) or account bound on acquire (HoT legendaries). So, it doesn’t really matter which character has the precursor because all of your characters can make the items needed.

So, if it’s a base game precursor, just don’t equip it if you want to actually use the precursor on another character. If it’s a HoT precursor, it doesn’t matter.

Ok awesome I was a little confused by OP and thought it may have applied to crafting. I can still craft and pass it along to another toon until I finish it is what I was hoping for.

Thx for the help

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Flame legion vestments: existing-half-outfit

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It would be fantastic to use the chest/legs of an outfit then top it off with some nice shoulder/gloves/boots and helm skins…

I would immediately equip my Witch outfit with Nightfury/Deathly Bull Mantle Shoulders, Wizards Hat or Southsun Cove mask and Hellfire Embraces… The fun in mixing and matching!

The potential to make a huge amount of sales just on this idea should be looked into, I wouldn’t think twice about buying some cosmetics that let me have the control of mixing and matching or tweaking the outfit to be different to others…

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Leaked next Expansion details!

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all just hear say at best with fake leaked stuff that leads to noting at all!! not only that

but if that was real and not something leaked or fake . i will not spend one penny on

that at all .and i will unstall the game fully . that would be something i would not

want in this game at all. and if i want to play mario i will play mario on my wii and so

forth but not in this game at all ever !!

Just for clarity, this is in the game already. It’s the Super Adventure Box festival that occurs in April. The OP was being tongue-in-cheek about an expac based on it.

oh that i never do that junky Super Adventure Box festival do not like it think it should

not be in the game at all

Good thing about SAB is that it’s an instance that has no effect on the playerbase who has no interest in SAB.

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….. And Elementalist.

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Change Precursors to Account Bound

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If I’m to understand this right….

Crafting a Precursor is Soulbind and not Account bound? I ask because I was about to make my first steps towards making the precursor for my Mesmer but I would have to make it on my Ele due to it having all crafts maxed and it would suck if it was soulbind after I made it.

Anyone clear this up for me please?
I’ve had a few precursor drops before but they were always account bound until used.

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Gift of Battle

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I agree with Macon, I am a PVE player. Am trying to make Bolt and now am being punished and condemned to WvW in order to finish it. Every time I get into WvW either there are no CMDR tags or the ones I group up with seem to think being out numbered 3 to 1 are good odds. Last weekend I spent several hours and managed to get about 1k exp towards the 20k needed. at this rate it’ll take several months worth of weekends to get it. Please, please, PLEASE go back to beeing able to buy it with the commendation things. I don’t like WvW, what did I do to deserve this punishment? : )

My version

I am a PVP/WvW player. Am trying to make a legendary and now am being punished and condemned to PVE in order to finish it. Every time I get into PVE to do map completion either I get so bored I fall asleep or get so mad with some of the vista/puzzles I throw my laptop against the wall. Last weekend I spent several hours and managed to get a few hearts needed because I fell asleep after 10 min. At this rate it’ll take several months worth of weekends to get my map completion. Please, please, PLEASE let us get map completion using reward tracks in PVP/WVW. I don’t like PVE map completion, what did I do to deserve this punishment? : )

There. My point of view.

I think a lot of people wanted to do this lol 2 sides to a coin.

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Why is auto-loot gated behind masteries

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its part of the game. it gives you something worth it to work towards.

No its not “part of the game”. its basic feature that every MMO has that anet has not made ‘part of the game’ unless you GRIND for it.

It’s not a basic feature though, to GW2 it’s a new feature for the most part.

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SPvP build

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It’s very similar to one my builds.
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vVAQNAR5ensABFdiVdCmDB8Dhl5BrqBkACAy3v+3A86e1CqBA-TpwQABAs/wslBAA
Strength In Numbers trait can be swapped for Communal Defenses.

The biggest difference between our builds is mine has damage on aegis blocks which work out to be 1.2k – 2k per hit of Aegis. Given you’re mace/shield with 2x Fragments of Faith which is 10x Aegis procs it works out to be quite painful on point and scales better with more allies/enemies.

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Tonic exploit is cheating

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You probably should have elaborated on how koda tonics allow players to bypass blocks/reflects.

I’m going to hazard a guess tho, koda tonics make it difficult to see when a warrior uses might signet which makes their attacks unblockable and you just didn’t notice.

Also I got shot by a kodan bear rifle warrior through my guardian’s shield 5 bubble that was supposed to absorb projectile

Then they were using signet of might to pierce your bubble, unless you have video proof of the “kodan” warrior not having the unblockable buff and still piercing your bubble. Otherwise the tonic is not bugged and there is no exploit being abused.

this can easily be tested if you have a warrior friend run kodan bear tonic then headshot a guardian without unblockable signet and see if it is blocked or not.

Dunno if you looked at Wirriam’s gif up above but he already showed it’s not bugged. People want to blame other things on their poor play.

Look, I’m not really sure what the op is actually talking about, and he really does need to elaborate, but if you’re honestly going to sit here and proclaim that koda tonics aren’t a problem then you really have no idea how skilled fights work. This entire game’s combat is reaction based, and the koda tonic hides quite a bit of animations. It’s similar to the Asura argument, but asuran animations are just hard to see. There are some animations that simply don’t even register with kodan tonics. Take them out until they are fixed.

Because you’re watching a single person among 50 spamming 1 and you’re waiting to only dodge his attack?

That’s pretty misleading and quite presumptuous of the circumstances that can exist in wvw.

1: Not everyone is zerging in wvw. Some of us do that ‘roaming’ thing, or ‘havoc’. Whatever that is called anymore, I don’t know.

2: Even in zerging, it’s a great idea to focus those necros because epidemic is the meta. Not being able to count dodges on someone severely hinders your ability to kill them.

I still hold onto salt for the server mergers as my pc can’t really handle zergs or wvw atm without basic model animations.

I’m not a zerger either, just get zerged down a lot. I do get what the thread is about and would understand if this was sPvP or a shadow of WvW former glory days.

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Tonic exploit is cheating

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You probably should have elaborated on how koda tonics allow players to bypass blocks/reflects.

I’m going to hazard a guess tho, koda tonics make it difficult to see when a warrior uses might signet which makes their attacks unblockable and you just didn’t notice.

Also I got shot by a kodan bear rifle warrior through my guardian’s shield 5 bubble that was supposed to absorb projectile

Then they were using signet of might to pierce your bubble, unless you have video proof of the “kodan” warrior not having the unblockable buff and still piercing your bubble. Otherwise the tonic is not bugged and there is no exploit being abused.

this can easily be tested if you have a warrior friend run kodan bear tonic then headshot a guardian without unblockable signet and see if it is blocked or not.

Dunno if you looked at Wirriam’s gif up above but he already showed it’s not bugged. People want to blame other things on their poor play.

Look, I’m not really sure what the op is actually talking about, and he really does need to elaborate, but if you’re honestly going to sit here and proclaim that koda tonics aren’t a problem then you really have no idea how skilled fights work. This entire game’s combat is reaction based, and the koda tonic hides quite a bit of animations. It’s similar to the Asura argument, but asuran animations are just hard to see. There are some animations that simply don’t even register with kodan tonics. Take them out until they are fixed.

Because you’re watching a single person among 50 spamming 1 and you’re waiting to only dodge his attack?

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Stop expecting to be carried solo

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Usually my games are won because my team has a support… When it’s just DPS toons I watch people get their spikes but at the cost of never holding a point and running around in a pack of 3-4 as to not get spiked by a Juvenile Bristleback.

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My two cents: Open world dueling

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Even if it was implemented with a flagging system at the bottom of the Black Citadel in a tiny arena where you had to join an instance, it would still be too disturbing to players who do not want dueling.

To anyone with experience or interest in duels they already know that the current options are not adequate due to several reasons the main one being exclusion. It’s not an option available to ALL players. Guild halls are limited to PvE players who grinded for a guild hall arena, WvW is limited to server rotations and PvP has build restrictions.

Given the amount of times this topic has been closed in 4 years, it’s safe to assume that it’s never going to happen but atleast some sort of effort was given on the subject, just a shame guild halls and the OS are so limiting and excludes a major part of the PvP/dueling community.

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Should ESL be a reference for balance?

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Balancing around the ESL teams will keep our much needed skill floor difference…

What we need is better match making, it’s hard to say what is over tuned when games are constantly 500-100 or less. No amount of class balancing will fix that.

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PvP idea - New Game mode.

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How about an open world PvP map similar to that of WvW maps but it’s focused on putting teams of 5 against each other….

So you que up, get placed with 4 allies and enter the instance so to speak. Inside the arena is many groups of 5 running around and skirmishing and the only allies you have is your small 5 man squad.

obviously it’s a form of deathmatch, but it could be really fun.

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New and need advice

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I will check those out first – thx guys

Expect a bit of this.

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Guardian Main for Lyfe

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I think I’ve ascended…

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The Forgotten City WATER SLIDE!

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I wish Anet would put more things like this in the game…

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Dueling in PVE?

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Long story short:

People don’t want to be asked for duels because it’s “egotistical”.

As pointed out, duelers can go to Guild Arena (which defeats the point), go to PvP room (again defeats the point) or go to WvW (which again defeats the point). Those are our lovely options.

Then why not play a game that let’s you Duel? After a long look through a google search on Duels, I found a post saying that Dueling was never going to ne a part of Guild Wars 2, but if there was enough interest they would look into it, this was apparently said by Jon Peters. Though the post failed to link said video, and I don’t care enough to look for it, as I don’t want to be spammed with Duel invites and people saying Duel me noob while I’m trying to get on with my game, and it will happen. It happens in WoW all the time.

On my search i also found a post on the GW wiki from 2009 asking for dueling in GW, seems ANet have not wanted to work on duels for awhile.

http://www.pcgamesn.com/guildwars/arenanet-reddit-all-your-guild-wars-2-beta-questions-answered

There is a quote from Jon Peters saying the game will not have Dueling at launch, but might be added later if there is enough demand, clearly there is not enough demand.

Thanks for backing me up in my post. First of all I enjoy the game quite a bit, mostly the combat. Missing out on some duels doesn’t mean I won’t enjoy PvP any less or more, it’s simply just another option for a way to enjoy the game further or a way to have fun with friends. Given the amount of times in 4 years this subject has popped up I’m sure it’s safe to say there would be many players for me to duel.

We don’t want to spam people who don’t want to duel, we just want to duel. Not going to waste time spamming someone individually when you could use map chat to meet up with others.

Many suggestions have been made to accommodate both parties such as a flagging system or use of the squad somehow so it’s optional if not invisible to most players.

Arenas in a PvE world have been suggested too as to avoid World bosses and META maps…

My conclusion is simply put down to people who avoid progress through fear of change but again I don’t mind as I do enjoy the game quite a bit. It is something I would like to see but it’s also understandable if not because this is a PvE centric game and not a PvP based game, it’s just by chance this game has amazing in depth combat mechanics to go with it with some PvP options on the side.

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Dueling in PVE?

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Long story short:

People don’t want to be asked for duels because it’s “egotistical”.

As pointed out, duelers can go to Guild Arena (which defeats the point), go to PvP room (again defeats the point) or go to WvW (which again defeats the point). Those are our lovely options.

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*PLEASE FIX* Bitter cold

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My routine the past few days has been:

“I should really try to make progress on the living story chapter.”

((looks at Guild Wars launcher))

“I’m going to have to run around making another elixir if I want to do that.”

((opens Final Fantasy launcher instead))

Hahahahahaha

Admittingly I did this yesterday, logged on to my toon in the bitter cold section to farm some more mobs, instantly died because of no elixir, logged off and had another attempt at Queen Ultimecia. Obviously I would rather get Ultima bombed into oblivion than make another elixir.

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Ranked Queue Never Pops

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My ranked ques are over 15 minutes, so I don’t bother with ranked, just 1 minute unranked ques…

Could be like that for others too?

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Game name Change?

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Apparently it’s named after something lore wise….

If you were around at game release, many players like myself actually believed that there would be Guild Wars, heck the community even went to the effort of organising Guild v Guild, the closest thing this game ever got to having actual Guild Wars….

This is how they felt about that: https://youtu.be/JcPTsIAKAbU?t=1442

You can see the crowds these events used to drag in from all sorts of players including PvE, PvP and WvW. There was a very active scene behind GvG.

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Should Kodan Tonic/Combat Tonics be allowed?

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You must be some sort of god to see the animations of a single person in a zerg of 50…

WvW is never only about playing in a zerg, please remember there are roamers as well as smaller skirmish fights that happen.

I am a roamer and have been since game release because my PC can’t handle zergs but still it’s the same, get chased by a zerg of 50. Ain’t gonna help all that much.
Even roaming skirmish groups it doesn’t matter all that much, the Nec is still gunna get focused and the majority of the group will most likely be ready to stealth bomb you for it.

Just being realistic.

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You must be some sort of god to see the animations of a single person in a zerg of 50…

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Anything being done about Broken DH trapper?

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Oh i forgot another one.

Bonus round pro tip:

1- if it has procession of blades, it’s a trapper dh and not a medi trapper

What would you call my DH? (Besides a mess)

Got my Bow Of Truth and my Sanctuary lolol Ain’t nobody dying on my point.

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Why are Gemstore skins > Legendary skins?

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The design is better than The Ascension…

They are also not as stiff so to say when moving around, meaning the Ascension looks like it’s German Engineered from WW2 while the new ones look like some digital age technology.

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Loss of player control.

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I’m not a PvE player but the new map has me doing PvE…. Probably because of all the points raised. I enjoy the fat mobs that are challenging to take down solo, especially in the top area of the Bitter Cold section.

I’ve been running around the map in Commanders gear with a Shout Guardian though, haven’t died once or had a single issue.

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