Guild Wars 2

thx @ silentnight, i will do so, sounds very useful for anet!

Eyia Hellhide.7320:

Because of this issue our guild was accused of ddosing people. The opposite team said they dc every time when they play with us and we got reported.

omfg, what embarassing little crybabies did you encounter? i mean, this is hilarious because of two things:
first: ddosing a server shuts both teams down, not just one.
second: i’m assuming it was teamqueue, so there was absolutely NOTHING at stake, why should anyone do that?

Magnito.6187:

Neither it is very supporting for our Guild name,
those gossips go around very quick and sooner or later we’ll be the ’ddossing Guild ReVo’.

somehow, i’ve never heard of ReVo (no offense, i don’t remember names very good), but if we ever cross paths, i will totally remember you guys for this post! cheers! ;-D

i managed for 2 years, i can do another six months xD

silentnight warrior.2714:

Josh Davis.6015:

If I remember the correctly from discussions with our server programmer, this is something we could add as a “nice to have” check in the matchmaking system, but I don’t think it could be something that would be 100% required to start a game. As you mentioned, making this a requirement for roster creation would add a considerable amount of time to the queue.

Not to mention every match has 10 players and there’s only 8 professions. 4v4, anetpls.

Well why dont the matchmaking system divide the classes equally for each side and dont alow changing teams during match?

we’re talking about soloQ, not hotjoin. you’re not allowed to switch teams in any other game mode.

alright, so the problem’S with me,.... i’ll check out my opera’s options then thx

is this new font intended or is my OS kittened?? because i can’t read kitten that’s written like this….

just wondering…

how about converting hotm to SAB entirely

if i understood grouch (i think it was grouch) right, some kittenbags are DDoSing their servers

i couldn’t be more precise.

you can, although, safely secure the boss kill: wipe the enemy team, for example in midfight, contest far point and engage mr. fluffy when you’re absolutely sure the enemy roamer is still on respawn.

gotcha there, grouch

and who would actually go there, when they have 2 points or are close to losing the game?

ZenoSpyridon.1396:

tanztante.6532:

well, maybe those kickstarter sidescrolling point and click adventures.

Really? Want a few examples of AAA games with 2 year development cycles?

All the Uncharted games.

Demon Souls/Dark Souls/Dark Souls 2

Bioshock 2

Both of Mass Effect’s sequels.

That’s not counting the countless FPS games, and yearly series that reguarly come out.

And now that I think of it, why don’t you look at the development of Guild Wars 1 and it’s expansions as an example…?

you are talking about second installments constantly, with a premade engine, premade characters, premade world and probably premade story from day 1 in case of mass effect, etc. the companies responsible for creating those games are either huge or very very very experienced.
also, it’s all single player games, not MMOs, which is something completely different. just one example would be bioware. the kotor series ruled, a lot, and the games were considered some of the best rpgs out there at that time, but when bioware made an mmorpg out of it, it tanked after 6 months and they had to go f2p.

Not to mention the fact that the structured PvP portion of this game is just a fraction of the size of a typical game, and all the groundwork is in place, making the work on this aspect of the game more minimal than a sequel.

This isn’t really the point though…. Point is that it’s been 2 years and PvP has had very minimal changes during that time, compared to what was promised, considering it’s been 1.5 years since they said we would be getting new modes…

i agree with you on this one

Case and point:

JonathanSharp.7094:

I agree. We’ve done some of the core stuff we wanted to nail w/ the conquest format, so now we’ll start getting into different secondaries that provide new types of gameplay.

^ Over a year ago… Still hasn’t happened, and this “new PvP format” just simply is not working…

Which brings me back to topic… Why don’t we switch back to what we KNOW works, what we KNOW is successful from GW1… and just add all these new ideas and features on top of that hugely successful framework?

(Edit: Added that to topic)

and partly with that.

as far as this whole topic goes, i don’t want to blindly defend anet, but i do want to mention, that the pvp team is apparently heavily understaffed OR they’re working on too many different projects at once. simply implementing features from a completely different game could as well destroy the whole thing completely. there are of course features in gw1, that gw2 would benefit from a lot, but the constant crying about gw1 being so much better and so on is very annoying.

it starts with the number of players alone. gw1 was popular, yes. pvp in gw1 was also quite crowded, but there were definitely a lot less people in gw1 as in gw2 pvp/wvw alone. i can remember evenings in HA, when our team encountered the same enemy teams 4+ times in a row. still pvp in gw1 was not considered dead at this time. this never happened to me in gw2 and pvp has gotten a lot more populated since i started playing it about a year ago. back then, we were, for example, matched against car crash twice in a row (we all were pvp rank 20 or so at that time).

then there’s the thing with the automated tournaments, similar to HA. it existed in gw2 in the beginning. nobody played it. absolutely nobody. you queued for 8 mins and up. so they removed it. now everybody is crying that they want it back.

the list is long and i don’t want to go on, but i think you get my point. it is ok to be upset about the speed in which updates and changes happen, but constantly crying about it (and gw1) is not helpful. also, the pvp forum users are a handful, maybe around 50, and we do not represent the majority of pvp players who are either at gw2reddit because they boycott the official forums for whatever reasons, or simply don’t care to debate the game at this level at all.

and another thing:
if i were a person who had never played gw2 before and i were thinking about getting it and looked into the forums, i’d be shocked at how miserable and kittened up this game apparently must be and i would think thrice about buying it, because EVERYTHING IS kittenED UP and the game is not skillbased, it’s only cheesy, it’s getting no attention by the devs, it’s only about the gemstore, it’s only this, that and mainly it’s not kittening gw1. would you buy such a game?

this unjustified whining is getting on my nerves. there’s a bunch of people here in this forum constantly crying about the game, never even once providing an argument that isn’t completely wrong or simply bullkitten.

you can cry about a lot of things with gw2 and in a lot of cases, it makes sense to cry about it, but to describe pvp as "not skillbased" and attacking meta builds while doing it is simply stupid. there is NOTHING that you can (or would want to) do as a developer to remove meta builds in a game. if you want to keep build variety, you have to provide a lot of skills, traits, etc. pp. and there will always be one build being slightly superior for 1v1 or teamfight situations than other builds on the same profession. if you can’t come up with it on your own, tough titty, but don’t complain about people who play it and if you deliberately choose to play an inferior build, please!!!!! shut the kitten up and improve your build or your playstyle.

kthxbye.

Lux.7169:

Identify the philosophy of your team-mates and react accordingly based on whatever class you are playing (although if you really want to boost your win rate you’d do your best to counter comp the enemy and bring the class that would most benefit your team).

I think the worst thing you can do is engage in a negative form of communication in any way—especially blaming someone. Not only does it COMPLETELY destroy morale, but it throws everyone off their game and some players are going to be more hellbent on pvp’ing in the chat box than doing basic things to win.

^ THIS!
and the rest of this post, but mainly THIS!

i regularly cc and kill single bunker guards carrying the orb with ele or thief.

well, maybe those kickstarter sidescrolling point and click adventures.

i’d really love to see rewards like in gw1 - heroes ascent.

i know, all the gw1 talk is getting old, but there are simply a few things now that are so much inferior to back then.

same for me. i did indeed get some pres from the mystic toilet, but i guess i spent more money to get them, than i actually would have paid for them in TP.

i’m with dahkeus on this one. it’s a lot less cheesy than the treb, for example and it’s a mechanic you can actually prevent or use to your own advantage.

Deimos Tel Arin.7391:

well, the correct term would be “rewards track boxes” obtained via progressing the reward tracks by playing hotjoin

congrats!

it would be an exo champion loot box, to be precise, because no other “hotjoin box” actually loots anything different from blues and greens.
i recently got dusk from one. also sold it, spent all the money on skins that are more interesting than stupid greatswords, now i’m broke again. awesome day indeed!

going away from protect me, because imo it’s a completely different skill. the inability to contest points with it is not even remotely justified.

i’d rather be comparing the eles mist form to the warrior stances: it shows us a higher CD with lower duration and the inability to contest points. granted, it’s only one skill instead of three.

people die, they rage. easy.

is you toon lvl 80? because afaik you only get exo/rare bags on lvl 80 toons and only they contain dust.

what? capricorn is gone completely? i thought it was still available on custom arenas

i’ve never had any troubles in 1v1s or balanced teamfights as ele. then again, if you run a burst setup, i can imagine that’s horribly annoying.

^ not sure if troll or just crazy paranoid

kitten is wrong with you? if you take pride in NOT playing content you payed for, you’re just as stupid as the morons who laugh about you because you have a "PVE star" above your head. seriously, people. sometimes i get the feeling you’re all 12 years old

The one you are most comfortable with. If you don’t like your profession, you will never be able to beat anybody who’s not a complete idiot.

To get a good overview about 1v1 capabilities, just join a king of the hill custom arena and spectate. take notes on the builds used and try to recognize weaknesses and strengths.

edit about your edit: there is no such profession. it all depends on the situation. bunker guards and warriors will not often be engaged if they bunker close, since it takes too long to get the decap.

the way i see it, there’s simply no way to make the scepter condi build viable in tpvp. it may be even more now in w³ for roaming, but it can’t cap points and deals little to none dps, compared to heavy hitters like shatter staff+gs etc.

i am utterly confused.

maybe we should help anet by reporting the bug and identifying the source, since they are obviously not able to do that themselves.

i noticed, it’s heavily related to blinks. not shadowsteps tho, since they just move you really fast, not simply relocate your character. if you have immo condition on you and instantly blink, you’re pretty sure to be stuck in the map.

mesmers are in a very bad place anyway, they needed a buff. granted, those changes greatly benefit the PU build, but this build is definitely not viable in tpvp nor will it ever be, until you can cap in stealth and that will NEVER come back.

The Ele changes are more interesting if you consider PvE and maybe WvW, as the meteornado and the fiery rush were never seriously used in at least european pvp meta. i don’t know what’s been going in NA or CN, but i can’t imagine anyone seriously using fiery rush as main dps source, except against treb and animals/guildlords (ok, i see the point for the nerf while i’m writing this ).

That being said, I’m definitely not unhappy about the changes and only time will tell if there’s a balance change or everything stays the same.

does anybody know who those ddosing kittentards are or why they’re doing it? or is it just some random kid who found the LOIOC website?

and, is there anything anet could do against a ddos attack? i never thought about that, actually.

there was an automated tourney system in gw2 at the beginning. nobody played it, so they removed it.

no, because anet belongs to those korean gangrapers from ncsoft, not lucasarts. maybe george lucas is just a refugee in the ongoing wow-clone war

Zephyron.7081:

WTF!? If we don’t get newer game modes, I’m going back to WoW!

i lol’d

also, to stay on topic: my guess is, we will see what’s next in todays ready up and the next two weeks as well. chill out, young padawan

Pinkcomet.2975:

Why do I read the content that I can not play?

That is something that nobody can answer but yourself

if i may: the main issue here is with players deliberately joining the r80 in the other team, to create 2v1/3v2/4v3/5v4 situations to win the game, no?

so why do you want to remove the ranks?
do not remove ranks, they don’t matter, they’re a nice gimmick for hotjoin players. they don’t matter in sQ and they don’t matter in tpvp.

It’s the ability for players to be able to switch teams in the middle of the game. just remove the teamswitch and assign players randomly at the beginning of the match. apply dishonorable for reconnects for teamswitch, problem solved. plus, disable reward track/rank progression in hotjoin, so there’s no need to switch teams.

talking about unlocking reward tracks, i’d love to see reward track progression removed from hotjoin, plus i’d like the reward tracks have similar level requirements to the real dungeons. the rewards should also be adjusted to that, of course.

i lol’d hard when i fell in

I just stumbled across POI yesterday and ended up watching all 5 episodes. i just wanted to listen to it in the background, but kate welch, being an amazingly interesting human being and a great host, made it impossible for me. i just had to watch the kitten ed thing.

While I still have to agree to CureForLiving, that it’s not the best considering they want to inform people about the LS and what’s going on (stating the obvious is not really giving information), i really enjoyed watching it and am looking forward to future episodes.

oh, and the episode where peter tells about writing the quaggan panhandler? epic!

i have one, it somehow removed the mouseover tooltip, but if you really want, here it goes:

while i understand the cry for transparency (justified or not, plus, i would have gone for complete random seeding, because rng is anets favourite tool to drive people insane ) i still do not understand CMs beef with going up against TM/TCG in the semi finals. The way some posts in this thread were written, it seems like there’s some really bad blood going on between some of you guys, which is very, very disappointing, considering this is, after all, just a game and MP are organizing all this kitten for free as well. MP has elaborated their methods, they promised to improve the system PLUS parted ways with TM, so you can actually see they are trying to make it right. It’s time to be a little forgiving as well, so stop being a bunch of crybabies, win the effin tournament and start having fun.

also, if you believe in the polls, CM is a sure win anyways, so why complain?

Eyia Hellhide.7320:

Do anyone actually have a precursor drop from PvP chest? Come on guys, don’t hide, wave your precursors.

Support for the idea for Fractal Tracks in PvP.

i got dusk yesterday... i couldn’t believe my eyes

and also. i support the fractal track. just make the final chest like the fractal daily chest or sth and you can only advance in level if you do actual fractals.

Jurica.1742:

Are you from NA? I have little to no clue who those players that you mentioned are.

i believe they are NA. maybe that’s the reason why he says pvp is a joke, after seeing the all stars tournament :P

the pet is not immune to CC, afaik. i just updraft it away. or maybe that’s because updraft kicks the player out of res range and the pet has to stop ressing. idk+idc, as long as it works

i still don’t see the issue here....

fire is working perfectly. it’s the condi overload in teamfights with multiple condi spammers that can drive you insane. especially as a guard

it would be awesome for george lucas then, because from what i’ve seen or heard, anet seems to be an absolutely amazing company to work for. just looking at the pictures on their flickr? makes me want to live in this office building. also, very happy faces. you don’t usually get happy faces in a working environment. just look at blizzard. or any other chinese slave labour company.

anyways... concerning monks: i see it hard to implement, but if it were possible, i would actually welcome a metachange involving new professions. or, for starters, a new skill set for every profession. i know, balancing is hard and all that, but mythic did it nearly 15 years ago, with more professions and four times the skills per profession, so it cannot be THAT hard.

i believe in you, anet. at least sometimes. i am not a very trusting person.

I personally am strongly against a rank restriction, for I, and i guess many others, have a twink account which is probably going to remain below r30 or r40 for quite some time, because in our pvp guild, we use our twink accounts to play with unranked or low ranked guildmates, also players who are completely new to PvP, for training, so that they don’t get confronted with high ranked teams from the top end of the ladderboard.

also, i have to add that, them being achievement hunters and completionists, most pve players will, and i can guarantee that to you, not play tpvp, but use the rank farm servers or afk soloq to simply increase their pvp rank to said rank to be able to access the bank, so that is de facto not an option to make the mists unattractive to pve players. the same goes for the reward track and every other solution involving an unlock system. please consider this, when arguing about restrictions.

The way i see it, there is literally NO way to keep pve-players from overcrowding the mists other than either removing instant access or the possibility to return to wherever they came from.

fellyn.5083:

I propose that if this change goes through every other class in the game gets cast timers added to their class mechanics skills to use them so they can be interrupted or stopped in some manner. Otherwise they don’t have any drawbacks and can be spammed at will.

After all we want the game to be more strategic and have to force people to think about positioning.

Fair is fair.

every other class mechanic has a cast timer.

Azure The Heartless.3261:

Every non tanky class has stealth.

uhm,... no

Kuro Kami.8436:

Yay! Nerf warriors more and don’t touch thieves and their OverPowerful stealth! Good job Anet!

what’s so overpowered about that little bit of stealth? a stealthed enemy can’t do damage and cannot cap a point. also, stealthed enemies can still be hit.

i’ve never even encountered a capable player in hotjoin that would join the winning team just to win. then again, i never saw a capable player do hotjoin in the first place :P

hm..... i haven’t thought about it that way. so you basically say, it’s not that "we pvpers" don’t like having pveguys around, but that it would basically make the waypoint system regarding bank access and so on obsolete? if so, then i can fully agree to removing the leave the mists button to be the best solution, instead of charging a fee or implementing any other form of access restriction.

if there’s a bank in the mists, i wouldn’t have to leave anyway. who wants to leave this awesome island full of fluffy people <3