Guild Wars 2

Ehmrybay Onyxguard, we are gw1 players since beta and love the old timers. Small group transforming but we do a mix of pve and are trying to form out a wvw squad based group. Fire me a whisper if you are interested, long timers are what we want at core to really build the foundation of the guild.

We actually a small guild and are looking for anyone but we are a small Ehmry bay guild looking to create squad based WvW tactics. This would consist of multiple small teams working together cohesively but tactically enough to break apart and work individually as units of 5+ for a particular goal.

This is basically being built from the ground up so we are looking for those folks interested in hammering the tactics out, hammering out the builds, and long term players that are going to be around for a while to make it work.

Our core userbase are guild wars players from GW1 betas and if you are long timers we would love to have you whether you are actually into WvW and tactical play or not. Whisper me in game for an invite or discussion!

I find it funny that we got reduced skill choices from GW1 to assist in balancing yet all I see on the forums now a days are balance issues with traits/sigils/runes etc etc etc.

Can I have my skills back? :P

Hey Devs,

History is a great insightful tool to spawn conversation and understanding among us and it gives us a peek under the covers. I thought it would be fantastic to ask for a narrow response that would be too focused for a blog (also saves you Dev’s some response time) and maybe pull the covers out of a specific component of the Necro (like we somewhat have with DS)… have a little DEVTalks segment.

Devs want life siphon, you can just feel it in the way the traits have been built to work but I’m positive it is one of those tricky archetypes to balance against the principles of the game as I think the Necro has become in some regards. Would it be possible to get an insightful response from the balance team on …

• The challenges of actually developing life siphon against the principles of the removal of the healing component of the trinity.

• Detail some implementation types that never hit the ground or were ruled out and do not exist today.

• Versions that were in alpha but was found to be too strong in implementation

• Versions that were in alpha but was found to be too weak in implementation (maybe where we are today?)

• and maybe what you can’t talk about, thoughts on future versions .

I will be honest and say this question is posed with bias. I want life siphon to work well. I played a siphoning necro since GW1 beta’s, I have played it since GW2 beta’s, I will never stop playing it no matter the efficiency issues (strangely I find ways to make it JUST work as it is but I feel the hampering). I am biased.

Second vote on Ebay, there isn’t a guild of our own we don’t value regardless of any natural drama (and usually its faced BP’s way anyways). We have the problem of being lower in numbers and higher in quality which causes us to beat the ratings and take on top contenders constantly instead of fall downward so new faces help balance that out for us and make us even stronger. Love to have you.

Ebay EB overlook says no minors allowed.

Completed as a power necro few days ago with Axe/horn….bip, spectral walk and lich were key with deathshround really supportive and dodge food.

phase 2 tactic involved cripping her with axe 3 on start of p2 (or daze her with horn), hit bip, hit spectral walk hit lich….lich gives you stability, spectral gives you speed and ds on hit. pound the hell out of her with lich mid circle moving in the direction of the safe spot. That should really drop her a lot. If you run out crip her again, remember you have daze as a utility in the tight spot to lock her, ds to support your health and pound her with 1. You can also just ds her to death at that point. At this point it just becomes awareness of where you are in the circles, when to dodge and maintaining distance.

All in all i still think the balance is extremely off here for necros and it wasn’t tested.

if it is as slow as it is today it should be 1200 when fired or 1500 range period imo. It takes forever to latch on the target so whats the big deal with added range especially when it is a telegraphed skill an opponent can dodge.

I’ll sign while I can because this post is going to get locked real soon just for being a petition as it is.

this fight is ridiculous, i put down over 50 tokens to try and beat her. Has a necro actually accomplished this? im pretty sure this was not play tested with a necro at this point but if I need to l2p i’d like some advice in this regard. NO WHERE does my shroud being nerfed so stand out as it does here.

this needs to be changed back period, i don’t care if you put some vertical code check on z axis to implement my death. I need my block. This is especially apparent with the new flipping content in the gauntlet. Ridiculous and i dont cry post.

ok this is nuts on a necro… i tried over 50 times and i will try 50 more but really we have limited dodge (im packing food), not way to absorb a single shot, very little capability to heal and the heal IS the condition removal so you have chance to get both right on stage too. Was this play tested on this class?

Great fun in eb tonight…thoroughly enjoyed leading the three time sb zerg wipe and 1 time cd while trapped in the dredge tunnel between you two. Took a sandwich between the two of you to stop us. Great job ebay.

Mia, the way you are transparently twisting the context of the Zephyr sanctum is quite obvious and ludicrous. It is not a festival plain and simple and that is not even your root issue. Address your root issue which is you don’t want to do a million mini games that don’t feel like guild wars in its main content instead of supporting an unsupportable position on whether the Zephyr is a bazaar or not.

Has anyone done research on siege health as in what it actually is per siege item? Im actually curious what the health is on sups versus normals or if its is 1 to 1 but have a general interest as well

Snowreap.5174:

Kaineng, congratulations on a perfectly executed SM capture. if you had left us alone we would have let you keep it — we were happy to fight YB outside and we all got a big laugh out of SM changing color behind us.

and thanks for the fun fight in the SM lord room a few minutes later (YB too!). there were so many bags on the floor I couldn’t pick them all up before they rotted.

-ken

Haha indeed…I went afk as ebay commander to take a quick call from sm for 5 mins while the other commander had defense…came back to it being flipped and my body on the floor. Good execution.

Was much more enjoyable taking it back in that lords room brouhaha

Onyxguard is recruiting and looking for new players and even small guilds to join the fold….if you are a new player or group of players, or a small established guild looking to join a low requirement social guild we would love to have you

We have a 100 members but trying to increase the activity level. Looking for active players as well willing to take a part on an officer level to recruit and enhance the guild.

If you are any of the above or just would like a social guild that has low requirements, doesn’t need 100 push ups to play or have a guild but want access to guild missions, etc, please do send me a PM.

my my aren’t we a dramatic bunch…the theatrics of this community never ceases to amaze me. Moving away from the ‘omg AN im leaving’ comments…I took it to me as obvious that AN didn’t intend us to progress as far as we did and it was gated to 40 not because of any permanent reason but rather because it is rather stale progression beyond that point if all that is done is increases in health pools, etc. I have always thought there are further mechanics that will be put in play past 40 that just aren’t there yet which is why it is gated to that point. I may be wrong but that is the most obvious conclusion on this and as such I haven’t had the panic and stress attacks most people have had here because I know the ungating is going to come for sure. The lack of pressence of amulets is even further proof of that.

I’d have Josh to add you have one more level of player having difficulty with JPs. Those that have the settings putting them in a low framerate zone. I can tell you the difference in difficulty is dramatic when get more frames pumping out on the screen for timed puzzles.

Vargamonth.2047:

Dungeons need to be between slightly hard and hard for the average player, so people who is far below this level are going to find them insane or just impossible.

Slightly hard = Story mode
Hard = Explorables

lets move on

Levistis.8356:

I like it. Very challenging fight.

And yes, I have wiped on it many times with PUGs, but I still enjoy it

Agreed….there is absolutely nothing wrong with this boss. Op did the right thing in nailing down a strategy in order to beat him….now successfully implement it.

His attacks can be dodged so you are never guaranteed damage as he always passes a tell and the elementals can be surpassed with the right tactics (which DON’T require a class). Don’t understand the problem.

edit: Its been stated that we were not intended to go past 40 at this point. I think we should stop making any excuses for failed parties because you may be there on the basis of that.

I demand the creation of a internet petition with our names signed with the blood of those that would oppose us in quantities that would blot out the sun.

Please end this nightmare sound…If there is subliminal messages carried in the sound wave please just tell me directly what you want me to do, I will do it at this point.

- Human, Male Necro

I am the proud owner of the crossing staff and I have heard from guildies something strange. It seems like that lantern that animates fine for me (bobs off the chain depending on movement) is a static model for them. To be extra clear in movement the lantern sways with my movement…if i do a sudden stop and turn the opposite way the lantern whips and responds to physics. It kind of strikes me as strange that a animation model would animate differently depending on who is viewing it but maybe that is a processing/memory consumption tactic.
Posting this for two reasons, I had two guildies confirm that they are seeing a static model but is anyone else having this problem? Or is this a known issue? Its definitely one that an owner of The Crossing would never know unless someone told them so I can see how this would go unmentioned.

I’ll try and get a video later.

fall of the side of rata sum with a few buddies….hit the water and die….use res orb and explore.

That is my illegitimate usage but I can see tons of usage out of it regardless.

Does anyone have a sense of how much damage the ravens actually do, range or duration? I’m curious because by default I just don’t use that tier level at all as it is situation but I have no hard facts on its effectiveness period/

randomfightfan.4091:

As of right now I refuse to even enter p4 with a ranger and/or necro in my group cause they just don’t have the possible burstish dps to get her low enough (necro only because all conditions are cleansed before adn during invis sadly).

I’m on hiatus on 4 you can grab me on the others although if i’m online and not previously engaged. On the conditions bit, as a necro and as a necro who has dungeon master and as a general PSA…necro does have other tools under his belt for burst but not only that, burst while adding vuln which buffs the entire group so I wouldn’t be so quick to pigeon hole.

Krag.6210:

Bullkitten, 3/4 of the posts are about “specific classes and build required” or “bugged sparks” or whatever.

The so called “DPS method” is an exploit and it’s harder to pull off than simply running the sparks yet everyone and their mother complain that the boss is hard because they can’t beat her with the dps method. It’s also not a “consistent” method since I can’t do it with any class/build.

If you don’t want to look above you can always look below your post for those that would agree.

It’s consistency is in using the methodology of bringing high dps builds/classes and dpsing her, I don’t think that is complicated to understand this…seems like you are trying to make it complicated.

Dps’ing is not an exploit. Class mechanics are not exploits. Dps’ing is a tactic and that is the tactic I’m suggesting will work for most people with 4.1 whether AN intended that be the primary way to beat the path or not. Only AN at this point can declare 4.1 as an ‘exploit’ rather then a tactic but as a tactic it is pretty sound and as an ‘exploit’ I would bet even AN would not declare it such and just say it was not the primary way the path was intended to be completed. They can go about fixing the heal problems that led to people using ingenuity to pass it anyways.

I’m not the only one to complete the path that way and it took some puzzle solving to come up with a method to beat her given the circumstances by a collective of players, instead of saddling up on the high horse accept there is two methods of completion and leave it at that until AN says one is not legit and save some bull kittens.

Also read my OP. I eluded to the fact that the high DPS method doesn’t seem to be a manifesto intention but it is what it is and it wouldn’t be the first part of the game that has strategies employed that skew off the manifesto. That it favors a timewarp for increasing dps is just what it is. I see people up here saying they have done it without timewarp as well.

DPS method is obviously not how anet wants players to do it. Their latest fix confirms that.

AN does not want Simin to be dps’d while stealth. I did no such thing nor am I suggesting that to any players, what I am suggesting is post patch and consistent. There is nothing illegal or exploitive about 4.1 and DPS and AN’s latest fix does nothing to counter that statement whether AN intended 4.1 to be an option or not. They obviously did not intend for Simin to heal as fast as she did so players have improvised.

Congratulations on your capability to complete it by pulling sparks properly, that is your pat on the back. While you are congratulating yourself read upwards about all the people who have encountered issues having them slot into where they need to go, having issues drawing aggro, etc, etc, then count up the number of posts that have had no issues with the DPS. After that come to the hard realization that more people are suggesting DPS and of those people they are all successful by that method, have failed by others organized or non organized methods and see that consistently that is the easiest option people are arriving to to complete the path.

No one is saying pulling sparks is not possible but EVERYONE is saying that the DPS method is FAR easier. No one is stopping anyone from patting themselves on the back, by all means go ahead…but that does not change my comment and the accuracy of it.

Rewinding and playing back statements that pulling sparks is achievable is a waste of your energy. If you want to do this CONSISTENTLY and not worry about the quirks of the design of this mission of which we all are saying exist, plan to bring DPS. You will overcome the design 10 times out of 10 by de-weighting your requirements to pull and bypassing any issues you would have doing so and on top of that you can run the sparks the right way if you like pats.

bugs are bugs and speaking as if they do not exist does not change the bugginess of the spark run. If you want a CONSISTENT finish of this level, DPS, timewarps, etc.

Just finished this today after many attempts and I’d have to say there is some key profession requirements to do so…for example a mesmer. The dps required almost can only come from a timewarp. This seems really counter to AN manifesto.

Still recruiting if anyone is interested!

Something is definitely up here. I did this exact same jump puzzle yesterday and had zero issues with it now its very unresponsive in an intermittent manner.

If you are on Emhry bay, fire me a note…Onyxguard is the guild. Would love to have you.

Hello Folks,

Onyxguard is looking for new members and even old members to fill the ranks. We have been around since GW1 Beta, we have been around since GW2 beta, we will be around on GW3 beta and are looking for like minded foundation people to assist in growth.

If you are social have found your MMO home and don’t plan to go anywhere, are dedicated to your in game family and would love to assist in finding like minded people give us a shout!

Message me in game for an invite or for any questions.

same issue here, came here looking exactly for this too. Its freaking annoying, AN don’t do this to Jeremy Soule! Its inhumane! Anyways drama aside, yeah in large scale events its happened…two particular events are the Claw of Jormag and the Priest of Balthazar and it will happen constantly int hose events. I have to log out and log in multiple times during the event to and will still get the issue persisting until it is over.