Guild Wars 2

Wargameur.6950:

I like talking when I’m dead to give some infos like “2 guys far, 1 necro, 1 engi” “engi coming to mid”

It’s not asking for people to listen to me, just plain info. What they do with that is up to my teamates.

This here is a good point. I do the same. I am not against all communication as there is a time such as you mention that is a good time to pop in and say something. Trying to coordinate with 4 other personalities and play style for a short match can be futile because no one seems to listen to each other anyway or conversations start to get toxic.

Be careful what you ask for in a forum :P

Personally I love the game. Sure they can tidy some things up but really a lot of different modes that covers a variety of play styles. There are some that are angry but really try it out. What’s the worse that could happen? Besides being out a few bux.

Svarty.8019:

usnedward.9023:

If people cannot figure out by ranked what they should be doing or not doing there is no need to communicate.

………. Eh?

You only quoted part of my comment which can mislead how other read it. Basically it is a 10 minute fight and all you need to do is look at the map. Trying to read chat, typing and such takes away from play and can get you downed quick if by thief or what ever. So communication really isn’t a huge factor IMO. Sure there are times but again by the time someone plays enough to get to ranked they should already know what is going on and what to do. Again…just MY opinion.

Eh…I say hi and that’s about all. If people cannot figure out by ranked what they should be doing or not doing there is no need to communicate. NOW If I am at point alone and 3 come rushing in…well..why call it and stay? Just go to another point and help team. Communication I won’t say is overrated as it is overused.

@Reaper Alim.4176

I get it. Trust me I get it but people have said that about WoW (going to fail and shut down) for so long yet they are still alive. I left WoW because it got too cartoonish for me and really not much to offer between patches and when you pay a subscription it kind of makes you “have to play” to justify what you are paying for.

I moved onto Rift but that did not progress fast enough for me though. Then I moved onto a few others but they were F2P cash store grinds.

Then SWTOR was really good and went F2P which was good because then I could stop paying for not so fast content release. Uh oh… they punished the F2P people with limited in game currency of what you could carry and then you could not afford what you wanted to buy at auction. Kind of ruined it for me.

I tried others then GW1. I tried and played with a co-worker for awhile but lost interest because it is kind of aged looking. Awkward ways to control movement and such but honestly a pretty good game.

Then GW2 kicked off. Yes I have been bored at times but then I started playing other game modes, world bosses, living story and so much more. I don’t raid. I cannot commit the time and generally never cared for long progression fights of this nature. But overall I haven’t found a game that offers as much as GW2 does. Max exodus? Maybe in PvP but I see so many new people in PvE and WvW I don’t believe GW2 will fail. People turnover…maybe…fail? I don’t see it.

EDIT: I do not argue with the game forums you mentioned because my intent was with games comparable in age and or play style of GW2. They may be good games but no desire to bail on this game anytime soon.

I do appreciate your coherent stimulating conversation and you kindness

Alatar.7364:

…..* hug *…..

Awwww…ty I needed that

@Reaper Alim.4176

Here again to state if your first paragraph is true then they are in the basement of rankings and if someone is hardcore PvP it shouldn’t matter because you won’t match with them as you will be in a higher tier. Correct?

People said PvP was dead… so season 5, yes enticed PvE’rs (not sure if that was ANET intent) as it did me but I stayed and try hard not to fail. So they increased the pool and many still not happy. Now season 6 no one in pool because it is low because the nerf in rewards? Well that took care of most PvE’rs but PvP’rs got their wish to remove those that were there for reward and still no one is happy. Round and Round we go…

The Game Slayer.7632:

What?

Eh…just a rant on kittening. But the ghost thief part was based off people I talked to in game who run it. If I or they are wrong please elaborate as it appears you are a “Teef”

So I just went to ALL the NCSOFT forums for PvP and they are all the same as here in GW2. Balance sucks, nerf this buff that and so on. So all games are broken?

I then went to some competitor’s forums like WoW and others and uh oh….all the same. So these games are broken too?

I looked into E-Sports as I am not familiar with them and really…one game at a time for me.

*From Google Definition:
e-sport
noun
noun: esport

a multiplayer video game played competitively for spectators, typically by professional gamers.
“millions of people enjoy watching e-sports”*

So E-Sport is for professionals but more spectator based. Not interested in either. You play for money and blah blah…not interested.

The whole point is every game is broken and I should just quit?

I promise I will only post positively from here on out as I personally love the game, I have fun, I meet interesting people, I don’t live or die by the game. Just can’t buy into this whole MMO ALL GAMES PvP or whatever is broken.

Ready…set…go ahead and flame me though it is through a window I look through and not the peephole many look to. All I have tried to do is bring some common sense to thought process and hopefully I reached some of you

Good Day!

Oslaf Beinir.5842:

took damage? what damage is that? 1 skullcrack and random burns? maybe try adding a second mace burst in short succession…. you call that damage? even a necro could tank so little damage from a macebow who just spams bursts while the guy has not blown any of their condi removals yet. or was the macebow expecting to burst the druid down in one half baked rotation?

besides none of those were 1vs1 or proper teamfight where you would get a teammate to help focus him down. all those fights were in the druid’s favor so you cant say druid’s sustain is op but more like outgunned, out-rotated and out-kited

I disagree. Look at 1:05 like OP states. He definitely taking a lot of heat and see his health go up and down.

However the point is the OP just wants build info as he is not complaining.

The ranger is good with rotations / celestial / heals. I don’t think anyone is questioning the ranger is good or bad or why someone would question the OP is good or bad. OP outlasted thief and ranger for quite some time so looks like a good fight to me.

So I had this awesome Necro build with full ascended condi…then cleanse comes along.
Thief is now merely a “Ghost” BOO! and people want change
Guard was OP pre-balance
My awkward Ranger can now be head of the class
My meditrapper does pretty well in WvW
I never complained about any of this because eh… balance happens

I sit and chuckle because every MMO I have played has the same forum structure of complaints, how to fix things and when they act it is a whole other crew that comes in (maybe the same who knows) after a “balance”.

The new Ghost Thief is not really that new except the thief was kinda forced to do something different and to quote Jurassic Park… “Life found a way”. I too have found ways around my Necro getting cleansed. Survival. Sustain until help arrives to keep cap open or until WvW group catches up. I think people have become so accustomed to one play style they do not wish try and counter. I run modified metas or no meta at all to counter the “balance”. Sometimes that means switching to different build all together or a simple weapon swap.

Not everyone is angry but the angry posts always find there way to the top. Take some time to test builds. Sure you’re gonna die. See where you can counter. One thing for sure…I will never…NEVER be able to kill a Mesmer :P

Season 5 was my first season as I have been pure PvE for the most part. Since then I WvW until S6 and though I try to do one or two matches a day it is not like S5 where I had to get 20 ranks then queue ranked. I wanted wings more than the gear but you get both because you need all chests last season.

I just finished my 10 and then got my placement. Sad to say that though I am newer to PvP I learned to play but unfortunately work has me busy and well…not happy that three times players quit or AFK and I got stuck where I am but it’s all good. I will do my one to two matches per day time permitting as the reward for beating someone down outweighs the other rewards.

Just to note I only farm PvE anymore for some ascended acc, trikets and such as I mostly WvW now. More people interaction IMO plus it’s fun to learn where and to what class I am weak to.

SilentSam.1589:

Mostly likely the ranger was running the bunker druid build most likely with the magi amulet hard to say it was this exact build but it would be something based on it.
https://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Druid_-_Bunker_Druid

That’s it lol… I couldn’t think of Bunker.

A lot of different things. From playing ranger this one is definitely quite sustained but there are so many ways to heal but also he keeps distance. Notice he takes heat when close. Swapping pets grants boons if spec’d, staff, Astral force (Celstial)….so many ways to heal. Probably in my best guess more of a support build where he can hold you off until help arrives.

Here is a good healing vid for Rangers though geared mainly for Raid helps understand what he/she may be doing.

Solstace.2514:

I disagree. Criticism is aways essential in improving any product. While some people may direct their complaints in an immature fashion or focus on trivial things, that does not mean there are not legitimate grievances.

Anet is far from infallible and have often made missteps in rolling out certain changes or updates. If your player base is willing to invest thousands of hours playing your game, it would be wise to listen to their critiques.

I do not disagree. Constructive Criticism. I think people who are reading the post and replies may have the wrong idea on what I am trying to convey. I have nothing against pointing out problem areas of the game they are experiencing. It is the mentality in the way it is brought to the attention. ANET sucks, or ANET is failing or Fix this fix that in a sentence or two without really creating a post that is viable for further discussion because in many cases the poster never comes back and replies and if they do it is either to attack others who disagree or another one sentence rant that once again does not further the topic.

Sarie.1630:

You know what makes me salty?

Martin Katzbach

Bug Fix:

Fixed a bug that caused a crash when attempting to deploy siege disabler after deleting the item from inventory.

SIX HUNDRED FILES LATER….

I will become less salty when BT finally give me an internet connection that is not made of wood.

But seriously, 600 files for that?

I agree..not sure why so many files but falls in line with “not intended” aspects of how one update or change can affect another. This is where live testing by real players like us could come in handy. Between seasons? Between Raids? Between dailies? Between “insert whatever you were doing”…. come do some test server stuff. The ONLY thing I miss from WoW was that option.

Plus I downloaded those 600 files via my tether at work lol. Why is my data so high when wifey asks…….

IndigoSundown.5419:

• While I can understand frustration with how some players express themselves on the forums, I hardly think that telling them to stop it is going to accomplish anything. Hopefully, this is only an attempt to yourself vent anger, and not a serious request.
• Expecting everyone who posts on an internet forum to be positive, consistent and to avoid anger and/or hyperbole is likely to be ignored, at least by those you’re targeting.
• Even negativity can be instructive if the developer can read between the lines.

I am not angry to be clear on that. I am serious about the post.

Most of the post is meant to be aimed at a certain community of people who either do not play, hate playing yet still play or do nothing to further their cause other than drop a few lines of their dislikes of the game and nothing more.

Negativity I agree can be a valuable tool. However being a tool is a different story. I don’t think a majority of those that vent in a few lines because they got “insert issue” in PvX and blame the developers without knowing this is MMO and this is how MMO has always been and will be; a constant change in variables that affects the outcome of certain game play whether intended or not.

I know I am not going to change the world in forums and not trying to. I hope some people read my OP and try another method to vent their frustration in a more constructive way. Their is a such thing as “negative constructive”.

Vyrulisse.1246:

“If you interact with people in an elitist tone I believe that gets you nowhere but ignored "

Nailed it. Your entire post was dripping with the tone you described.

I’ve been waiting for this post :P

Realist is different from Elitist. I am no higher on the food chain than everyone else nor do I claim to be.

The forums are open to everyone’s scrutiny but I ask you Sir/Ma’am… How did you further the conversation? Ask me a question or two and maybe I can clarify for you what you may have misunderstood.

Let me quote you something you wrote in a past post and highlight some key words and THEN maybe you will understand. " Not gonna turn this into a stupid argument because I didn’t plan my words for every possible way they could be interpreted.

Understand? If not, it’s still okay

Your Original post so not called a liar

Vyrulisse.1246:

Doggie.3184:

Vyrulisse.1246:

It’s Legendary. It should be different between Males and Females. That’s Male armor all the way. Big and tough. Female Heavy should be more elegant.

Why can’t males be elegant and females be big and tough? Pretty sexist of you..

Let you choose then. Not gonna turn this into a stupid argument because I didn’t plan my words for every possible way they could be interpreted. I was just talking about my personal preference for things. :\

So what do people really want ANET to do?

First: “Blah Blah Blah that is why I quit this game “X” months or years ago”. I ask then why troll the forums if you are no longer playing? What value do you have to add if you are not actually in game? I overlook these posts the minute I see them.

Second: There is PvE, PvP, WvW, Raid, Dungeon, Fractals and living season content. Not sure how many developers there are or their specialty but balancing is always a continual battle in every MMO I have ever played. Not all of the masses will ever be satisfied. EVER!

Third: From a business continuity standpoint it almost like people think ANET is trying to purposely fail the game. Oh how I lol at this. Just because YOU or I think something is OP or incorrectly balanced does not mean the next person sees it this way. Yes I have raised concerns in the forums on many topics and ANET ultimately relies on the community to further develop some aspects of the game.

Fourth: How about some constructive feedback (which I applaud the many who do) instead of destructive incoherent-ness that does not help further your cause and want me so badly to mail you salt packets in-game which I would never do but so badly have wanted too :P

Fifth: I have interacted with CS on some account issues that were taken care in a timely manner and shocked at even recovering a destroyed ascended weapon. Exchanged a wrongly purchased accessory and a couple of other small issues. I have reported bugs that I would like to think my report got it fixed

In reality folks I have issues with some aspects of the game and have raised my concerns in as civilized as a manner I could.

With the exception of Raids I play every aspect of the game. Due to time constraints I do not raid. I do not care to have a legendary shiny. I do not care for fractals though I did for a while. I found new life away from PvE in PvP and WvW. I ignore saltiness in chat instead of inflaming it.

If you interact with people in an elitist tone I believe that gets you nowhere but ignored or in the least a quick look and close post. Last time I checked this is a game. It is virtual with the exception of the people behind the keyboard. Your life nor mine does not depend on it. If it is that bad it is time for a break. I work in an IT Just In Time delivery system to an automotive manufacturer…that is stress!. So I use GW2 as a stress relief while so many stress out for something not really real.

I would say I have invested about $300 to $400 in this game with GW2 Vanilla and Hot plus Gems. Not too bad for almost 5 years, so for me 56 months divided by 12 comes out to $4.60 a month or less. FAR less than I piad other MMos with monthly fees.

So I ask again what do you want ANET to do? Be your personal servant? Give you shiny things for free? Let’s be more civil and I bet you get better results though sometimes the results may not benefit your cause but the greater good of the game. The saltiness is killing my kidneys :P

I use PayPal and have for many years. If I were to every be compromised in this game they would only be able to affect the game. My PayPal login info is different.

Also I use texting protection so they would never get into my account IP / Network would trigger a text with code so I am safe there as well.

However working in IT there are so many ways to trick systems who knows if I am truly safe. Glad to see you were to get refunded and get account back

Gretzel.6790:

usnedward.9023:

Everyone is different in skill so some might be able to do it sooner but many who PvP and very little if any PvE are forced to craft for these tokens. So their reward was stolen.

http://gw2crafts.net/

This site will get your professions up to where they need with nothing but gold, time and the trader.

Yeah I understand that. I have crafted and was PvE since release. I am talking more of the hardcore PvP peeps who have NO interest in PvE or Crafting. Their hand is forced to craft. They are forced into PvE. kind of ruined the fun for some of them me thinks

I personally think this is the best glider EVER!

Big? You are inside a bird. Should they shrink you? Nah. I love it

I don’t see them shrinking it. KUDOS to ANET on this glider

Reaper Alim.4176:

When you have more players crying over the fact they have to work to get their ascended gear like everyone else.

Though there is much I agree and disagree with your post I want to point this one out. I have plenty of guildmates who are PvE’rs without ascended and have NO interest in the old quick way to ascended in PvP. So a little story:

I decided one day I wanted ascended gear. I farmed and tailored up to 500. Spent a little gold. Made a cloth set in about a month. My play time varies but in that month I’ll say maybe 10 hours a week. (family, wife aggro and such or there would be more)

So then I hear about this ascended set in PvP. Quick you say? Nope….about 5 weeks. Knock it down to a month because it took about a week to get the first 20 levels under my belt before I could go ranked. Also note I played about 15 to 20 hours per week. So it actually took me longer.

NOW the shards are reduced. You MUST craft for these tokens and you must do close to 400 matches to have enough shards for a set.

Everyone is different in skill so some might be able to do it sooner but many who PvP and very little if any PvE are forced to craft for these tokens. So their reward was stolen.

I think this is what the point is: Too many got quick ascended gear in the true PvE’rs who came to PvP for that only and then the PvP community got punished.

hehe. I don’t mind testing and playing with builds in unranked. It is funny how people get trolled in rank to go play unranked and then you go to unranked and people get trolled to uninstall the game. Only so much you can test on weak class NPCs and Trons

I just prefer to test in unranked but I cannot duplicate what Mesmers do to my other toons.. so a learning i must go.

FitzChevalerie.1035:

what is there to learn on a dh or warrior lel

I don’t play either. I have tried them but I am more of a ranged player so Necro and Ranger for me. I do the medi trapper roam for WvW group runs but other than that range all the way. I would LOVE to learn my Mesmer a bit better before I venture into ranked else I make a fool of mahself.

EDIT: Hit button too early. I have played Warrior and Guard in unranked but it is not for me but I do think Guard is a little more difficult lest you burn all you skills and die during the CD’s.

So here is my two cents…

PvP players get boned because too many PvE’rs (like myself) came to PvP for the quick ascended set. HOWEVER, I stayed and do very little in PvE except to keep mapping my main as new maps drop but nothing more. I have come to like running around with others in WvW and enjoy PvP.

So while I see what ANET TRIED to do will reduce the PvP pool further as I can tell you I have no desire to run that many games quickly to get the shards. I have a crafted cloth set and a Heavy PvP set and a couple of drops yet to be opened. So I guess we’ll see what ANET does at the end of this season or how it rolls out.

So this will be my second season. I admit that I came to season 5 for that quick ascended gear and other rewards. However I learned to love PvP and even learned to PvP. Still need some work….

So I will play because I have come to love to play PvP as it is get gud or quit imo. I am in no way slated for gold or even platinum but I don’t care. It’s not about the rewards for me anymore but to just play some PvP and hope for a good match-up on a system that still needs tweaks.

It is interesting to see people win 10 straight and some lose 10 straight. I have been close to both sides of the fence. While I have yet to step into season 6 I look forward to hunting you down (hopefully) or having some good team battles (hopefully).

Thanks to this community who has directed me in game and in forum and all your videos and explanations out there on the net. GL!

Cheers!

My understanding is a two minute timer. I have crashed (not too recent but during season) but was able to restart and get back in with no issues.

I am lucky to have a system that runs fast and loads quickly and I wonder if that is causing some grief with some that DC. EDIT: I mean people with slower systems having the issue.

I still think the thief is squishy against my Necro and Ranger in PvP. Do I die. Yep. But it’s a 50/50 shot for me to take em out or get them on the run. I learned how to counter the thief but WvW…yeah I am owned almost every time BUT usually there are two running as roam team. That is changing now that I have spec’d out a roaming Guard for WvW only as I have most on the run but again two…I can’t stop a train on me oO.

In every game with stealth and thief/rogue it is a challenge but at least it’s not a stun lock fest like WoW was when I played over 4 years ago.

Season 5 was my first ever season of PvP. I played PvE from release. I learned a great deal and also still learning. I don’t go for professions that many say are OP but instead roll what I am already good at and getting better.

So season 6: I will try for silver lol. Who knows I may end up higher but that depends on many factors as was mentioned above you are stuck with different skill level people.

I will continue to watch videos and read what others are saying to be more effective as a player. I do not care they left DUO queue in as the titles are rewarded individually BUT I have struck up a friendship with a decent player and will break down and DUO since it is available and seems to better your chances at winning.

Look forward to seeing you all there!

Many MMOs overtime went to dual wield of two-handed weapons so though I have not seen anything in posts I have read it is a viable option down the road I am sure. OFC there would be some type of trade off or SMASH! you’re dead :P

Dual bow seems far fetched unless it was a dual string bow or something like that. Or grow more arms :P

HeadCrowned.6834:

I was around rank 100-150 (MMR of 1900 or so) at I think halfway last season. Then I lost like at least 20 matches in a row, but probably even more with an occasional win now and then. I was even in upper gold tier for a short period of time, to end the season in lower platinum. Ofcourse I made mistakes while playing, but not to cause such a massive loss streak and heavy drop in MMR all of a sudden. I really had no idea why this happened, and I often felt that I had some very bad teammates as well. It was quite frustrating, and it resulted in not giving a kitten anymore about rank/division/MMR.

With the exception I never hit gold and only high silver you sound like you had a season like I did. No matter what OTHERS will say I do attribute some of my losses to duo queuing. I chalk it up to experience and not to aim to high because eh em… I would really LOVE to see the statistics of the top players in ranked and just how many duos they were in because in fairness a PvP title for first place (I have said this many times) if you duo’d to get there is not true effort of your abilities as your kitten may have been saved by the one you queued with. Just to be clear, Duo is part of what ANET believes it should be… they put out a vote… and I have to live with it and that’s fine by me.

In regards to the OP I have strings of good and bad runs. It happens. I used to leave match then re-queue. Then I decided to give it a 5 or 10 minute CD on my part and then re-queue with better end results of win/loss percentage.

Spartacus.3192:

ascended gear was ridiculously cheap and easy to get last season. It was obviously a miscalculation (or maybe deliberate to get people to play) However it completed ruined the “economics” of ascended gear crafting.

I may not fully agree with these current changes but it definitely needed to be made harder to get.

I agree with ANET that ascended gear should not be given out like candy. I agree that the gear should take more time to be attainable if you are not crafting and that is the point “Crafting”. Some people just don’t want that aspect of the game so they farm fractals for drops, Teq, Triple Trouble, maybe WvW and so on. PvP rewards was another way and yes kind of easy. I just do not agree with the update on forcing people to “craft” a currency….

Kreweless.2196:

The players that came to “farm” PvP Ranked matches for their free ascended gear did nothing for the game-type, except enrage those of us who were actually trying to win.

I disagree. If a PvP player ranks up and out of the bronze / low silver rank….then you are not playing the farming PvE players. You are losing for other reasons.

It is just my opinion but it looks like a grinding farm fest for currencies and forcing hardcore PvP to grind instead of being rewarded or forcing game modes that certain people just do not want to play.

I log in for some PvP dailies and unranked over 3 minutes queue and ranked over 6 minutes queue. That’s not long you say? That is an average time. Most times when I queue I am in queue longer than estimated so maybe 5 minutes for unranked and maybe 8 to 10 minutes for ranked? IDK I just hit the X in the top right corner until I figure out if I want to PvP anymore and stick to PvE.

Is this a sign of the times where queue times will rise because most will just do season now and off season no one wants to grind?

Buran.3796:

What are the new requierements (in terms of materials)? Aside from the 7-8 gold for the whole set coins how much the new tokens take to craft?

FIRST you have to have PvP league tickets which you can only get in season:

“_PvP League Ticket.png PvP League Tickets are a currency awarded for completion of PvP divisions during PvP League Seasons, through accumulating ranked PvP match wins._ "

Then you take 10 of those tickets to buy the crafting token recipe. So right now as it sits (unless I missed something) PvPr’s who have no tickets at the moment have to wait for next season in order to get the crafting discount…. Sounds right to me.

Wargameur.6950:

It’s ok, pvp reward tracks gives you plenty of mats….Just farm those bloodstone fen / lac doric / bitterfrost frontier tracks.

You new there would be a change incoming, you gambled to keep your currencies….deal with it. You had 2 month to buy your armor.

So you wanna PvP? …go PvE then for your gear. Sounds right…. Sigh. I PvE’d for over four years and just started PvP / WvW serious mode a few months ago and realized that all the complaints of ignoring these two aspects of the game are factually based. PvP / WvW gets ignored. I have two ascended sets one PvE and oe PvP rewards. I have my gear. GL to the new players who want to PvP….they won’t stay long IMO.

@Zealex – Yes they do need PvP gear as most PvPr’s do WvW where the gear is needed and the drop rate of any chest for ASC is very rare. SO it is the PvP and WvW community who do very little in way of PvE must be punished to make it fair across all game modes? Now PvP must go gather and craft.

We’ll see how it plays out. I do PvE and both PvP and WvW but I still hate crafting!

Zealoux.5142:

Or guard F2 and GS3 to do some long leap.
Mesmer is only useful to teleport other players at the end.
And don’t forget falling damage reduction from traits.

Don’t forget the mesmer can lay portal before jump….. if they miss…portal back This helped me with checkpoint JPs

DeWolfe.2174:

How about scaling Auric Basin to better suit the now lower population levels post nerfing??? Can’t even get one pylon done during NA prime. Also, having the extreme annoyance of having 5 maps implode in a half hour. It’s NOT fun when you can’t get anything done.

Correct me if I am wrong but AB was an exploit from my understanding and they figured out how to close it. I don’t think the design was to win the map and crawl over the others.

Also like other poster said people are farming the lake now too.

Boons are the little things that pop up above your secondary skill bar. Speed increase….Protection….Might….they last for a few seconds and you can make them last longer by adding concentration.

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Boon

I have swapped once because there were 3 necros (Personally I am against swapping but eh…when in roam…) . So I swapped to ranger. I believe I went from Red to Blue team because we had one necro and my name was on the other side of the board when popping it up with B.

Is this possible?

One more thing. I think ANET needs to get away from polls. Not a true consensus because not everyone will vote if even half of the PvP community were to vote I would be surprised.

I would like to see the Devs troll these forums instead of reddit and read what goes on here and the concerns. Create a spreadsheet of concerns then maybe have a beta of changes before just dropping them on everyone.

Too many times I see a mod post on forums… “I’ll pass that along”. WHY? Just come and see for yourself

Fluffball.8307:

That sounds about right. I can’t stand playing necro, it’s just a blob that sucks up attacks with no deftness or grace.

Oo. Then you are not doing it right? I have adjusted current meta to my liking and have good sustain to maintain health and life force while 1 v 2 or 3 until help arrives. It doesn’t always work out but I enjoy it. I am not condi (any more) so it is hard to get top stats and in order to get a daily I have to res someone, defend or cap which is a little harder but I get by.

There are many who do not understand certain classes because they do not understand them. I have used YouTube or Twitch to better understand…. say…thieves who many say are so OP (I personally can’t play the profession at all in PvE or PvP) and can take them down or make ’em run on both my Necro and Ranger. Though not an easy task it is possible once you let them run their stuns out, break ’em and then chew ’em down. Mesmers to me are the hardest class to take down.

EDIT: Spelling >:

Magnito.6187:

A few months ago they came up with a poll about wether pvp should be restricted to to solo/duo queue only. And I was stunned by the fact so many people voted yes for that.
(I’d like to remind you this is a team based competitive game mode)

That being aside, hey now, there’s a new poll up! They want to avoid class stacking. They want to AVOID, the one thing people have been crying their eyes out about. It was obvious. I had to go vote yes. Because why would we not want fair match ups and leaderboards reflecting your “true skill”, through linking it to the class you main.

Yet again, community, you’ve left amazed. Turns out a lot of people voted against it. And I just can’t find the reason why. Is this just me?

Let me explain from my point of view especially when people like you state this is a team game. (not being mean just a comparison).

If PvP were team based then it would be just that…TEAM. Duo queuing is not team based except for the two queuing. PvP titles that award to SINGLE individuals is not team based. THUS that may be the reason people voted against DUO queuing. So if you get a top title but used duo queuing with various friends then you are not truly the one of top players because you did not get there by yourself. It is team to some because you get 4 individuals and you must be cohesive as a team to win. OFC this is just my opinion. Some will say even this is not truly a solo win to which I would agree because regardless of how you become the top player it is not truly by yourself.

This is why many want a 5v5 team queue but many state there is not enough people and queue times would be long. Then have a single queue to find out who is the best. But where does that leave people like me that have no interest in team play like pre-made 5’s.

Team only applies at this moment to Fractals, dungeons, world bosses and WvW because without a full support of the team you cannot win what you are trying to defeat. PvP as it stands is not team oriented.

miguelsil.6324:

Thats coz mine was first and has more of a “whine” title

hehe you got me there. I don’t really think of it as a whine. but lets look at a few points:

Fractals junkie: 50+ fractal you can get a chest drop or buy
PvP Season: Takes some time but you can get a set of gear and very rare but a chest drop
Raider junkie: Can buy or get drops
PvE: Crafting and very rare can get a drop from Teq for weps and armor from Triple Trouble. No opportunity to purchase unless doing another game mode.

So if anything the change favors PvE to craft since making harder for other game modes. The keyword is GAME MODE. You don’t make tons of gold from PvP so to make gold you will have to do other game modes? I am a PvE’r since start but having found WvW and PvP being more fun to me than expected this is currently my game mode with the exception of the occasional Teq or TT.

I do understand that Ascended gear should not be given away without work as it is something that is special to game play. PvE is the hardest way to get if not doing raids or fractals. I guess we’ll just have to see what these changes really are about when implemented.

miguelsil.6324:

I have the same problem and made a thread about this also…

I didn’t see it until now. Maybe some kind Moderator can merge mine into yours.

Gaile Gray.6029:

We’ll be making a game update on Wednesday, February 22 that will include skill balancing. Members of our skills and balance team will be on the official forums for a while after the build goes live to discuss those changes with you.

To take part, please join the new thread we’ll post after the build goes live. For our players who participate on the French, German, or Spanish forums, we will provide a list of highlights from the conversation by the end of the week.

I apologize ahead of time fr the berating the team will get

In all seriousness it will be interesting to see what gets buffed and what gets nerfed.

If no one has read please see Grants post under news and announcements… now onto my rant.

“Ascended vending is not intended to be the optimal path for acquiring ascended gear, but rather a way for players to acquire the gear through time spent playing their preferred game mode. And while ascended vending now requires max level crafting, players that obtain ascended gear via vending will see a moderate discount in cost over traditional crafting.”

And then there are people like me that just don’t like farming, crafting or fractals not to mention I can’t hang onto my gold. I found recent love of PvP and it was nice to get a second set of ascended gear after fours years and finally deciding to max tailoring and finally crafting 1st set.

It took me probably the same amount of time to get the 2nd set of gear through PvP as it would take to farm and craft (I hate farming). I would rather do something better with the time I play than farm and craft.

… poo.

EDIT: Somehow I flagged as question sorry

No issues here….