Guild Wars 2

Maybe i should add that it only applied if u arent there when the game enda
When u dc and come back uhave no debuff
Just the hate of ur team

a bigger whirling defense radius would be nice

shortbow range 1200 – nope, was already nerfed at start of the game and it is okay, thief cant shoot 1200 units too

dishonor were removed after there was a problem with connectivity in pvp
lot of players got DCs and got treated as leavers
to prevent that they removed dishonor
but after solving they did not add it again

some time ago there was a dishonorable debuff for such ppl
so u could see what kind of person the other is and can prepare
would be useful to have this again
after three stacks = three quits in pvp Q´s u cant play for several days pvp

but hey, even with 3 u could kill ppl
that is more a disgrace for the other team than urs bro

and from just watching streams and typing a # in chat

a finisher that summons a cantaur or maybe ventari and starts sitting on ur body and does stuff
such a disgrace to work as a bench after life

yellow/white/black glowing eyes

contra traps:
-placing costs time, we dont have infight, maybe the pve´ler
-making it into a second heal after activation forces to balance the initial heal down. so weaker heal at the cost that the enemy could be smart enough to not step into it, only pve´ler have no risk at this.
-i spoke to good guards, no one thinks about using such a heal, ranger already has a step to step heal, the water spirit aaaand all hate it.

pro trap:
use of trapper rune (wvw only)
a bit better support through placing (compare it to sylvari heal, anyone use that?!)
placable (range of 600)

pro signet:
same effect as it is
additional passive when not on cd
might when traited (like vigor on heal trait, the spring could give might every pulse)

contra signet:
it feels forced…xD weakest argument ever xD
change the identity of a skill….no we add stuff..

#teamSIGNET
same cd
active is the current healing spring

what changes?
the icon could need a change
the name could need a change (signet of spring, river, breeze etc…)
a new passive effect

dont care about points
just noobs care about them
who has more points mostly just zerg or have bigger AoE so they hit everyone and gain points from every death in that game.

Meditation/Mantra for Support
Symbol/Mark for AoE
(Nature) Manipulation for Game Play

For me that are the possible skills
All of them could fill what ranger lacks of or what could fit to a druid

What could staff bring, when we think that anet would use it to fill a lack of such abilities?
Since sun spirit will not move anymore i hope for a blind.
We lack of good team support. So we could gain a small aoe heal.
Rangers are not designed to be good at aoe, maybe the druid is.
So all in all a defensive backline supporter i think

id say instead of arguing about the name on and on (i think anet gets it now that the name is not cool) u should rather think about the important stuff
the balancing
some already mentioned it, when all profession get a really strong elite specs, they are probably forced to play this to stay competive.
Guard has a big problem, its build variety. Guards do not have a condi option like every other class. They have bunker/support and off guard. something between seems not to work. They just have two offensive builds and the only real difference is one is GS and one the hammer. Spirit plays almost noone.
Support and bunker are the ways guards are forced to play
With the spec anet could make a change and bring an offensive ranged fighter. like mentioned – like a quincy.
Another support build with bow is the last thing guard needs, they have enough such builds

Crystallize.8603:

Quincy :/

~15 chars

this.
I talked about how it would be to make a quincy like spec (for others, its clan of the the bleach manga)
Guards now even have “Licht Regen” and traps could be some style of pentagram attack from arrancar arc.

But now for real. That spec seems to be fished out of random thoughts. Anet always had problems with guards. Guards were the last who got their special abilities in creating classes and in balancing stuff they got rarely cool stuff while other classes got the cool stuff. Guard was in a good place. Its good, but boring in kind of build variety. The whole concept of the new spec doesnt fit to guard.
I am no guard main, but my best friend is and he has absolutely no interest anymore in playing with such a messy spec.
Why? I can understand a bit.
Elite specs should be builds that round up the class, where they lack of.
Mesmer lacked of some kind of really effective group support, with a unique effect like alac and wells and they really unique f5 (hardcore balancing needed), they get something special. A interesting specialization.
Guards lacked of range dmg, mobility. But they had big group support and static AoE.
But now with Bow they just get range? They can provide boon as they like as biggest support class, they have with signets enough strong static aoe and they get even more boons and even more static AoE. It would not feel new, its just the same stuff in another box.
I honestly feel anet focusses so much around the group support of guardians, that they forget that some times guards need to play alone without group, who does the dmg.
And that what the guard could have needed. Instead of “i support from behind and provide boons to my allies” they could have designed it “i punish dat outlaws from far before they can even touch my friends”.
A powerful judge who tortures outlaws souls with raw dmg and a bit more selfish way to care for his friends.
(And for bleach reader: instead of orihime from backline, a frontline ishida)
The whole spec seems to me very weak in comparison to other classes.
Mesmer spec seems so strong, that i can not really see why u should play some other kind of build. Like Engi nowadays. Why play something other builds than turret?
how should guards, which are already rarely seen IMO in pvp, compete with others when they get traps, which are already a really really rare played skill set? Trap ranger is just hyped coz of one rune, i never saw a thief build around traps.

I will watch the stream tomorrow, but i can not imagine how DHunter be in a good place for pvp

Razor.9872:

Peakitten.6412:

I have to come down on the side of the folks who do not want to have an arming time on HS. When I use it, I am at the point of needing a heal that regen isn’t going to cover. I also double dip on it by blasting HS with warhorn providing the extra area healing.

There are already so many heals that just ‘heal instantly’. Wouldn’t it be a change of pace to have a heal that you have to time for (much like A.E.D.)? Of course, due to this variation, the skill would have to be balanced around this, but it would turn high-skill high-reward.

Either that, or A-net could just make this one trap not have an activation time.

Either one works.

We have troll unguent and water spirit, i think thats variation enough
i dont want HS to be placable trap.

idk what speaks against signet
it changes nothing to HS itself, just when it has no cd on it, we have an effect thats new.
i dont see any reason why it should be not as good as a trap spring
from trap category we gain nothing, no good effect, just we can place it.
with signet we could have an additional way to gain might and OS.
i am #teamSIGNET.

other option:
modify the skill to a signet
Signet of the river/oasis
active: healing spring
passive: some small effect
– a bit less condi duration on u, heal urself by a small amount everytime ur pet hits someone, chance to heal allies in ur near, etc.

I did not expected that they overhaul in that manner
That was kinda shocking what they did in kind of recreating and new creating of traits
Bark skins sounds now a bit lame
Its easy for other classes to make a hit over 1600 dmg in few seconds and a whole GM is negated

I am sceptical to spirit change
It makes spirit ranger extremly static. Ever saw a spirit ranger without spirits unbound? No? Because they r useless when they just stand there.
They are easy targets and woth even less hp than turrets they fast. When we activate them and need to move, they just chill there and we can do nothing about it. Necro minions follow. U can grap turrets. U can take banners. Spirits will chill to death before even the cd starts.
The ranger will loose one of the really few abilitys to safe stomp. The sun spirit active was a great way to blend them when we want and not when the raven feels like it.
The support of spirit ranger is halfway gone in my eyes. When u see while running to mid ur ally is about to get downed, u activate elite spirit and can heal him when u time it good. The rezz takes one second to activate. Now u need to run there. Activate the spirit in that small aoe of the heal and then press the active. That will cost at least 3s. In most cases ur ally is stomped.
A would be forced to be a point defender. The passives have a radous of 1000. Thats no problem. But the actives are more important and no brained player stand in their range to eat it.

For me when they really want to make it more immobile than banners, spirits need a lower cast time, a bigger active aoe and a way to transport or place them better. A la banner maybe

My theory what will happen

MM
Minors will be merged, opens space for new traits
Adept:steady focus. Keen edge. BMs bond
Master: spotter. Eagle eye&piercing arrows. BMs might&signet mastery
GM: RtW. Predators instinct&onslaught. Remorseless&precise strikes

Skirmishing
Minors: merging too, hunters tactics stays
Adept:primal reflexes. Sharpened edges. Companions might&pets prowess&carnivorous appetite
Master: trappers expertise&defense. Honed axes(no matter which hand). Quick draw
GM: trap potency. Moment ofclarity. Striders defense with slight utility buff

WS
minors: all stay
Adept:expertise&malicious training. Shared anguish. Wilderness knowledge&soften the fall
Master:offhand training. Oakheart salve&vigorous renewal. Hide in plain sight
GM: all stay

NM
Minors:rejuvenation&natures bounty, rest stays
Adept: vigorous spirits. Strength of spirit&enlargement. Natures protection
Master: spirit unbound (maybe permanent? !), martial training(cd and dmg trait for 1h, 2h sword and spear). Evasive purity
GM: stays. Natures voice&shout mastery

BM
Minor: new adept minor. Rest stays
Adept: speed&agility training. Commanding voice. Mighty swap&masters bond
– my suggestion for MB: each time ur pets kills a foe, it gains might, fury, prot, regen for x seconds
Master: vigorous&stability training (stab on swap). Rending attacks. Intim training
GM: zephyrs speed&instinctual bond. Natural healing. Invigorating bond

First thing to mention is the pet stat change. When its similiar to ele, then pett stats will increase at least around 150 points. Maybe more?

Remeber that in few hours anet will show us the trait changes.
The traits per line will decrease from 13 to 9. Its possible that two adepts will merge together each time. Itts likely that one master will be permanent or merged with others masters.
It would be a big deal too when some traits will be moved to other line, like mentioned pet traits to bm line

And pls note that they talked about changing HaO to a shout. We will know later in stream.
Its kinda interesting to change healing spring to a signet to make a signet line possible. Signet of the river with HS as active and small passive effects would be nice.

New trait system inc.
Adept, master and grandmaster will have only 3 traits each.
Speculate which adepts and masters will be merged or deleted!
Which traits will be a permanent feature like well placing for necros?
Piercing arrows? Placable traps? Or maybe something whole different?
What kind of traits u expect from elite spec druid?

yesterday i imagined olymp themed weapons
each god gets a weapon with their names
personally id feel epic with a bow called “artemis” or a hammer called “hades” and each are themed after that god

one time a dev mentioned that the way from pre to legy will be the same, just the way to acquire the pre changes
later it was said that the way to legendary will feel more like a hunt

so i think the ingredients for the weapon specific gift will be similiar but with items we will only gather in the new maps

we have green eye mask, we have red eye mask, we have a blue eyed mask..now we need yellow ones!
Why? I wanna look like a holy good with GOLDEN EYES
White and black would be great too

since some days i cant log into my warrior
everytime the fireheart map loads and i just see the loading screens. then it turns dark, Gw2 closes and i get the I/O disk error message.
It is just my warrior, other characters work fine, but i dont want to enter fireheart map with other chars to see if it works with them.
I noticed that my war, who has 100% map complete, just has 0% since i saw dat problem.
do i need to reinstall it?

one sigil that could cause a small aoe effect at foe, so that u can cleave a bit if u cant cleave. The new sigil with AoE poison is a good step forward to it. On crit chance, maybe a ranger trap, a necro well or a guard symbol.
Could also a possibility to offer options for supporter from behind, when they trigger a small aoe boon when they hit a foe.

auras only on rune effects
Shocking and frost aura and chaos armor would be possible, becuase the other auras can be obtained via runes.

I dont want to see summone runes or sigils, they are annoying

more runes that trigger on signet activations would be nice
Resistance rune would be cool, but 30s cd for one aegis is just too long

there need to be a revenant rune
suburbs idea is interesting, but rangers HS spring is rly strong for a rune
but sylvari have a unloved heal skill: http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Healing_Seed
a weaker version of it could be a good support rune

i think for every new buff/debuff we will see at least one rune set.
and i bet a mordrem rune for torment and poison.

What topics for Point of Interest and Ready Up would you like to see?

I would like too see how stat combos are created. Why sinister, why nomad, why cant we make lv 80 gear from apostate and forgotten stats? Why only Barbar stats in PvP?
there are over 100 possible stat combos, which do they choose to be published? Etc. questions like this

Other question, how do they design weapon and armor sets? Which devs design them? how long does it take? Are you up to do a design a weapon contest like in gw1?

That are topics that interest me since start, discuss yours here and maybe Grouch and Rubi will take them for future streams

FrouFrou.4958:

kiwituatara.6053:

So I currently have the rune in 10/0/30/30/0 apothecary s/t a/d. I’m thinking the build would be better with dire gear since the runes have a high base heal and scales pretty badly with healing power.

approximate heal vs. healing power
~4000 heal (0 healing power)
~4500 heal (1000 healing power)
~5000 heal (2000 healing power)

So with dire, I think you’re getting more heals than the average apothecary gear (without the runes), more condition dmg, and a larger health pool.

Something along the lines of: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fNAQRAsX3YjEq0yaNL+rQ1aABhaVA0uGu3Ww9QcDfdJrIK-T1RHABXv/gb6HC4hAwo6P3pEEgzAwRK/IFAErtA-w

That’s pretty clever, may try this out at some point!

Prysin.8542:

lil late people?
posted these as part of my build some 9 days prior to this thread. Y u people notice so late. I mean, i noticed these runes late cuz there was no mention of them in any patch notes, so they seem to have been ninjad in, still, this is getting ridiculous.

/fmlhipsterrant

Very sorry Hiprysinster, can you link your build/topic mayhaps?

http://de.gw2skills.net/editor/?fNAQNAR8fnEqQvg2yC+rAXLGAToaXAdaA8aUdHCN7EfyoKhE-TVCHABAcBAsTJYbaGwe/BDeCAOp8TgDCAiq/EmOgAAIA7cnJzyM4oH9oH9oHtduzduzduzRBpRA-w

Prysins new build with defender

Prysin.8542:

lil late people?
posted these as part of my build some 9 days prior to this thread. Y u people notice so late. I mean, i noticed these runes late cuz there was no mention of them in any patch notes, so they seem to have been ninjad in, still, this is getting ridiculous.

/fmlhipsterrant

i know dat runes since a while, i think that_shaman datamined them at wintersday and i was surprised that they are now available as i saw prysins post about them.
I would maybe run Defender runes on a cleric or zealot build or better with the Forsaken stats (which do not exist at lv 80), but i couldnt made one.
What bothers me is, that they use the same rune icon as rune of fire.
#GNAAAAAHHH
I think they could work well with sigil of luck in zerg fights, i love dat sigil, so much stability and aegis <3

axe offhand is a good choice, u just need to understand the weapon.
Its good for Damage and for control.
Whirling Defense is a DEFENSIVE skill. “Whaaaat? NOOOO!?!” U think, but its true. So arguing about more dmg is not logic. The dmg is enough. Ofcourse, make it not rooting would a great buff to it, but to buff other aspects make no sense. U shouldnt use WD primarly to do dmg, use it smart against projectiles from far away foes. I saw countless rangers who wanted to start a fight with PBS and shot themselfes from the cliff. Amazingly funny in Khylo midfight. Most people dont even know that it reflects, mostly Hambows and thiefes AND RANGER. u can instantly say if a ranger knows what he does, when he stops pewpewing in ur WD. When not he s just a rapid fire shooter
And Path of scars is now a great skill, the new movement speed makes it really easy to hit people, its a good finishing move because it has such a high burst potential.
IMO ranger who know how to play dont need to trait offhand training because axe can stand for his own.

i dont like jp too
but as someone who completed the whole map last month the second time
i can say its surprisingly easy to do it again
and most jp doesnt count towards map complete. there are just some horrible vistas like the west one in malchor.
anet just needs to tweak some stones and such to make the way up easier

maybe a bit offtopic, but can someone, maybe gaile, explain me how the installation of an expack works? its my first MMO and i have no plan how it works.
I purchase it, install it and log in as usual or do i need the serial number? because i think i dont remember it anymore xD

i do not hate rangers.
i hate ranger players…or better players who think to play ranger
Player who unload their quiver with rapid fire while somebody is reflecting
Players who stand next to a downed ally in pvp or small group roaming and think “naah i kill dat three noobs solo and you can stand up agai… oh maaaan the three killed me in 3v1…ranger so UP”
Player who have no social honor and attack others in WvW who obviously doesnt want to fight and just want to complete the map (thanks to the mate who shot me from the Vista in middle fortress in Riverside Borderlands. i will find you my friend..i will find you..)

The poor truth is that i almost see all these poor properties at rangers and thiefes.
But thiefes are much more worse sometimes

Prysin.8542:

Basilisks, minotaurs, krait, claw of jormag, tequatl, shatterer, charrs

i add griffons

“Mist Form, Elixir S and distortion now interrupts stomping and you will not be able to stomp while these effects are up. When you are stealthed and try to stomp u gain Revealed for 3s.”
Just add this and i party hard

SaintSnow.6593:

snow.8097:

a finisher with a skritt
the skritt searches for your wallet and runs away.
#necrophilia

I don’t think necrophilia is the word you want to use there unless that skritt is doing more than taking your wallet bhaha.
Oh and BRING BACK WIDE RIM GLASSESS!!
I’ll be on my wayyyyyy…

seems like google translator is even more weird than me xD
just the act of doing something not “more” to a body xD

Prysin.8542:

I was kinda missing these non-objective and totally uninformed topics that OP tends to make.

So what is your argument this time Ragnar?

“Engi feel stronger”….

Well, i “feel stronger” when i get drunk, but i aint getting any stronger by drinking. So your feelings have little to do with balance i am afraid.

Valid argument :C

The lava wings from the imbued grawl shaman

a finisher with a skritt
the skritt searches for your wallet and runs away.
#necrophilia

thx to VoD for his summary thread, very helpful
the idea to bring the old events back are awesome, the marionette, the breachmaker, the evacuation of LA were awesome events and i would love it to see them coming back. Even when its not enough for raids, some option to pla again would be nice. Like a time travel to go back and be a part of the event, just in the mists or such. the players would be teleported to the map and play.

to the discussion whether open world or instanced
what about open world, but only the raider can attack? like if a guild let the karka queen spawn and only the guild can attack, for others – outside the guild, the karka is marked as kind of ally.

as rewards, each profession gets an own style okay, but then a thief should be able to wear ranger skins and ele to wear necro skins.
Imagine the Skins of Engineers looks unbelievable awesome and the other medium classes cant wear it. Would be terrible.

the raid should be hard and the rewards attractive. For me would be attractive to see a ascended box as a rewards, i like the idea of pvp progression track. After x amounts of successful raids i can get a cool reward, maybe when the raid was faster we get more points. when we were slower we get a bit less points, but the progression needs to be big enough to feel that to work for it is rewarding.
Maybe we have one track and at the end an omni ascended box. From this box we can choose if we want an accessory, an armor or a weapon box and from such boxes we can choose again what stats we want. As site rewards we can get mithrillium and such.

to guild only or for all players: alliances. small scale guilds can alliance with big guilds and will be able to play raids without the feeling small guilds are in disavantage

an orr raid would be a nice idea, but zhaitan is dead, but left are the hundreds of minion dragons flying around over orr. to kill multiple tequatl with different abilities would maybe an option

mini claw of jormag, mini shatterer and mini…plant dragon

i think they did not say “Too many rangers”
When i remember Grouch said a lot of Rangers using LB recently.
Hugh was happy about that and said how cool it is to hear that. So I think the Devs are happy to see that the LB has more use for it.

Prysin.8542:

Shanks.2907:

Added a skill fact.

in-fact, that’s a fact.

nicknamenick.2437:

Did any warr used offhand mace?? lol @ crushing blow with a 3/4 casttime.. haha waste of weapon skill slot.

used it before, as a test, with Axe mainhand. It is amusing when you knock down a whole team and burst the lowest player in the face with evis while their all down.

but other then that, havent seen anyone even try it.

i think the Vuln buff is more a dungeon buff, i play since few weeks War for dungeons and Mace offhand was used to keep the Vuln stacks high, now much easier.
I think its okay, because i luv my ambrite Mace for it

just wait for stream on balance changes, should be up in 15min

i think to fight against 3 players with the same spec is always hard.
3 hambows? 3 Terror Necs? 3 Shatterer? 3 DD ele?
i am main ranger and not happy either to fight against all wanna be hunter who just play atm because the most think its OP now
I will wait what happens how many rangers are left when the next balance patch comes

branded weapon or armor set
zhaitan has the arah weapons, jormag has the corrupted weapons, Primordus has his own weapons set, now Kralkatorrik needs one
oh and a mordremoth weapon set. oh yes

looking forward for it

I played every Meta Build, some in Top Experience, some in lower Rating but I know every Weakness or good Things about the Builds.

Could be a bit of work, but maybe you could make a thread with guides how to play against this meta builds.
I think with help of the Devs your thread could make it under the ones which are the upper ones (ESL or Mistpedia thread for example)

With that you could help a lot of players to become better against builds, they cant beat.