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What would have made EoTM better?

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To improve it as an actual pvp map instead of karma train? It needs to be built from scratch.

Let’s see:
-NPC’s are way too impactful (auto repair, massive damage). They should be sponges, not one shoting your raid.

-Almost everything is a choke point which makes battles a matter of spamming aoe on a bridge and who has the most bodies.

-Defending is far too easy, especially keeps because point one and the fact that spawn is so close. Have you ever tried to take FR keep with a few as 3 or so arrow carts on you? There’s no room to set up a healthy siege either.

-Team sizes are horrendously balanced and need fixing. I am on red for the second week in a row and we currently hold nothing and are camped at our base. I had outnumbered all last week.

-There’s no point in winning.

Guild Wars 2 - Nice Community?

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Think about it. When you were 35, you were still fairly new the the game. More than doubling your time on a character WILL make you better.

Dungeons are not scaled for low levels to do them effectively. It’s like they tried to mix heroics from WoW with normal dungeons all in one. Level scaling is annoying. They should have a level 80 version (hard) and a low level (easy) version. Why else would a level “35” dungeon give level 80 tokens. It makes no sense.

And yes, a level 80 will have MUCH better gear. My tank warrior can kill a normal level 35 enemy in one whirling blade.

I don’t mind dragging a lowbie around but to be honest, with two or three, we won’t make it. I don’t want to waste my time.

Doesn’t mean I am mean. I still help players. I save anyone who shows on my map that is in trouble or downed. I’ve given away lower level rares from events like the Shatterer. I answer questions in map chat.

Nerf Ele Downed 2 in WvW sieges

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Eh. Elementalists are going to defend it of course but the skill is a bit silly in WvW. I get irritated seeing a low health ele and him just standing still because he knows he can get away every time. It gives too much protection. Thieves can’t teleport through a door, nor can mesmers. Ele are already unkillable on the sides of walls, they really should not be outside of a fort.

And don’t pretend you have the worst downed state. Mobility is the absolute best thing to have when downed in WvW.

Acalonian Catacombs Path 1 Bugged

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We cannot reset the dungeon. We all left. Left the party and rejoined but the old one still appears.

We also tried logging off, leaving while in the dungeon. Nothing work. It won’t reset.

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Acalonian Catacombs Path 1 Bugged

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Did not receive reward for completing the dungeon. No other members did. We were not given an option to leave the dungeon. No bosses were skipped.

Nice looking medium leggings

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Vigil leggings are not sweat pants. However, they aren’t really pants at all.

FotM Demands A Matchmaking System

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Been looking for level 5 for two days. That died quick.

VOTE! Do we need party finder? (Yes/No)

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Yes, cross server. Tired of being blocked out of map chat while looking fruitlessly.

Jade Sea Fractal bugging out.

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Our group finished our third fractal, the charr event and stayed charr going into the jade fractal. We could not pick up the crystals and this made the event possible. Over and hour wasted, it wasn’t possible to beat.

Hidden Killer not working

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The hidden killer trait is not giving crits out of stealth. Backstabs, along with bow and cluster bomb are are failing to give crits from stealth.

Corpse dancing, jumping and other humilation tactics -- When are they acceptable?

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I once was dueling a thief on my warrior. We were both downed and I was hoping I could finish him but I was lower and dropping. I had to pop vengeance so I could finish him off. Once he died, I laughed because I figured I would drop dead mid laugh. It bugged out and I lived

I do actually taunt though. Scouting with corpses is a really cheap tactic, and can’t be countered. I spam taunts at corpses so they get pissed and leave. Until we can burn corpses and force a respawn, I will continue to do so.

Female Armor Skins

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Ew. Yeah. I totally dig asura armor because it is the most pragmatic female armor (wtf every light armor set on other races) but rehashing the skin entirely looks silly. The genders are already ambiguous enough. A bit of feminine flair would be nice.

Don't Listen To Anyone.

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I find thieves really easy to deal with in WvWvW. I can tell thieves from their signets so when I catch one from far away, I just teleport to a keep. If he is close, I open up my map so I can pick a way point as soon as I die.

Let grenades target people not dirt

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I understand why people like it how it is but. I had to give up my engi because it hurt spamming keys so hard haha. I couldn’t even level.

Video - "We are the Champions!" Kaineng wins their bracket!

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Was there a single defender?

Will Kaineng finish 1st for the first time in their servers history?

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Kain totally showed those empty doors who is boss.

Will Kaineng finish 1st for the first time in their servers history?

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So what is your point? You think servers should just take turns rolling one another? Ferg had a huge start on Saturday that balanced out by Sunday. It has been mostly even, at least within 150 since. Until today. Ferg was still losing most of last night. That is fine. This, however, is lame. Crushing all bg isn’t fun and vice versa isn’t either.

Will Kaineng finish 1st for the first time in their servers history?

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@ Nabarue- Exactly. Congrats Kaineng, you have destroyed the fun balance we had going on this week. Quit boasting now that you have huge WvW numbers on Ferg and DR. You are not the underdog in this bracket. You will also get demolished if you are moved up for next week.

This week is the closest thing to a balanced match I have seen this division have. I can’t believe so many poor sports wishing to take away a moment of pride or accomplishment.

No. It has been close, and that was fun. Until today. Look up the scores. Its 670 to 15 to 10. That is not competition.

Will Kaineng finish 1st for the first time in their servers history?

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@ Nabarue- Exactly. Congrats Kaineng, you have destroyed the fun balance we had going on this week. Quit boasting now that you have huge WvW numbers on Ferg and DR. You are not the underdog in this bracket. You will also get demolished if you are moved up for next week.

Will Kaineng finish 1st for the first time in their servers history?

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Spawn camping is always bad. Ferg doesn’t to have the numbers we did before. I just logged on and had outmanned in every battleground. Then left and cried.

Will Kaineng finish 1st for the first time in their servers history?

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Now you are absolutely dominating. Don’t pretend you are underdogs any more.

Edit: Not to mention any competition is now gone.

Moa Morph is the definition of an IWIN button

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You can’t say it isn’t broken. No other CC in the game is nearly as bad. Dodging a mesmer spell is really not so easy when they can turn invisible and have confusing clones. If you get moa off, you win the fight, simple as that.

Compare moa to the warrior elites. Does blowing the signet win it? No, it gives a nice little buff, but it is extremely average. Give every other class a skill that instantly kills your target on a 5 minute cooldown and say it is balanced because it has a cooldown.

What class do you enjoy most in world vs world?

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Thief because I can just run if things get sticky. I can run in harass and pop away with shadow return or simply just outrun a zerg with the shortbow.

Warrior is fun too with the ability to run in, crush an unsuspecting squishy thats on their front lines and just run back to safety.

Fighting mesmers on either makes me angry though. They can always escape if they like but can hunt you down easily. Seems they have no weakness.

WvW VIDEO - Kaineng - "Against all odds!"

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Our prime times are different which makes it awkward. We don’t have nearly as many late at night. We lost our orb and were out manned at SM just a bit ago. Not even people to defend our borderland. We only seem to have people in EBG now. I haven’t had a queue since Saturday night for EBG.

WvW VIDEO - Kaineng - "Against all odds!"

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You’re right, Scooby. It’s all just bullkitten propaganda. Here we are outnumbering you 2-1 about an hour ago. Your side “has maybe 10.”

Thank goodness there is a time listed and this could not have been made up. Ferg is not some huge pvp monster. We have very low late night and morning population. We just lost our own orb because we had a handful of people. Quit exaggerating your numbers. We don’t even have enough to invade during prime time outside of Saturday night.

How is Melandru possible?

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I’ve been trying to get to the vendor all day and finally my server rallied to take the Priest out. Except, there was no chance. We simply could not dps the healers down fast enough before healing to full every time. It simply isn’t fun. The event isn’t hard. It just can’t be done. We’ve been at it for half an hour and every time he resets. What do we do?

What exactly is OP about the thief?

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The class can essentially go full glass cannon with little draw backs because stealth is so powerful. Along with high mobility, crazy ridiculous damage, it is difficult to get a hit in before dying. A warrior that goes class cannon will die before he reaches his target. A thief can kitten around all day and just waltz away if things get sticky.