Guild Wars 2

Is that the idea? Throw more rewards and shiny things at new and veteran players so hopefully nobody notices how this mode still has zero balance? How can you have a competitive game mode with the current state of balance? Rewards are great, but the power creep has gotten absurd. You do realize that there are many who have quit over the past year because the skill floor in the game has gotten to absolute zero right?

Failure to address the horrible balancing in the game mode will render the good will of trying to breathe new life into the game mode pointless. The short term excitement will revert back to the same old drab story about how awful it is to PvP in this game. I commend your efforts for trying to make WvW desirable. However, you have got to start balancing this mode. A start would be designating WvW as a separate balancing over the other modes.

I left about three months ago and as exciting as it is to see this new patch, I will not even bother coming back to the same old cheesy, low skill, low risk high reward combat that you have turned PvP into. I will be watching to see if balancing is addressed into the future.

Guard is dead? Really? Because why? Because they cut the range on your AA so that you actually have to put some work into tagging enemies? This right here is the lazy, lowest common denominator gameplay that ArenaNet keeps catering too which turns what could be fun, competitive, and engaging fluid action combat into skill spam, mindless AoE bomb madness.

It was called a “loot stick” for a reason. That right there tells you something. I am sorry if I sound a tad salty but I just can’t believe what I read anymore.

I said it on multiple threads many times. Be careful what you wish for. Everyone was so worried about what other people were gaining that they couldn’t stand it and cried. The result? Well, I think you know…

Legit players get the hammer while abusers keep on finding new ways to abuse. Thank you everyone!

There are mumblings that ArenaNet may be changing the way that we get armor and weapon drops. The change would be getting unidentified drops instead of actual armor and weapons which can either be salvaged for mats or identified at a heart vendor. These unidentified drops are rumored to stack. This would be a very welcome change for inventory management and leaves me curious (if it is true) with a few questions:

1.) Will this just be for PoF maps or all of core Tyria and HoT zones?
2.) How high will these white/blue/green/(yellow?)/(orange?) stack?
3.) How will this be compromised so as not to make equipment bags obsolete?

It is just a rumor so it may not even be true. However, if it is I can’t see anyone not getting behind this change.

Thief mobility blows away every single class no matter the build of the opposing class by far. You can not match them. High mobility, quick hits, and hard smacks that come out of nowhere are part of the class. That being said the amount of mobility they have depending on the build has far exceeded the class theme. Disengage is also a problem, but not any more than a few other classes I can think of like mesmer. Condi thief (usually in TB) is another problem but falls into the bigger category of how the condi tank meta is sucking the fun out of PvP gameplay in GW2.

Thanks for all of the feedback! I live in an area that fortunately has a lot of other options to pick from in regards to buying gem cards. I like using them over a credit card.

The OS should be revamped into a dueling arena that is server wide and where players who are on the same or opposing server can toggle a duel/peace mode that allows them to organize duels. The toggle would display an icon above the player’s head that would be either green or red. Green meaning they can not be killed and red meaning they are open to combat from anyone else who is tagged the same way. Once toggled as dueling there is a time limit before you can toggle back to peace.

A lot “roaming” now is groups of 6-8 players building an absurdly broken group composition while hunting down PUGs to bait into a gank for an easy bag and +2 points. They are out there in different variations and they are not really looking for “good fights.” Of course, they will swear up and down that’s what they’re doing. Sure, that group of two condi mesmers, a condi thief, and condi warrior where the mesmer pops stealth while the thief baits out that player thinking it’s just a thief were just looking for good fights. Sure they were!

There are some havoc groups that do in fact take camps, towers, and try and contribute to the overall effort of the server. Depending on what tier your server falls in they can be very hard to find. Broken balance among many class mechanics and skills regarding small scale fighting has eroded the meaning of what being a roamer is over time. Will that change? I seriously doubt it.

This is a bad idea. WvW reward pips should be earned based off of your playtime in WvW. I would never support tonics, guild buffs, boosters, or anything else that would boost your pip earnings.

ArchonWing.9480:

trailofsalt.6571:

I said it on multiple threads many times. Be careful what you wish for. Everyone was so worried about what other people were gaining that they couldn’t stand it and cried. The result? Well, I think you know…

Legit players get the hammer while abusers keep on finding new ways to abuse. Thank you everyone!

Yea, that’s something I’ve been pointing out that has been constantly happening throughout this game’s history. Just because there are some abusers doesn’t mean everyone should get punished. And then everyone gets nothing.

We need to ditch the malignant sentiment of eternal envy that dominates PvE general topics. Nobody should care that some pvers come and get a few extra chests when they could be afk farming somewhere else for more.

Honestly, WvWers are just as guilty of standing in the way of making WvW a fun and healthy game mode. They will push it all on ArenaNet’s shoulders, but that’s not really an accurate portrayal.

I came back to the game because of the WvW patch. However, I am yet again starting to lose my motivation for logging in as I see the same old problems that continue to plague WvW and make it boring like:

The map blob majority
The condi tank meta
A PvP competitive mode balanced around PvE stat gear
Population imbalances among servers
Passive, autopilot-like combat

There’s always hope with the expansion, but I won’t hold my breath.

ArenaNet can still make this some of most fun, entertaining, and enjoyable RvR looking forward into the future. It’s easy to give up hope. I’ve felt like giving up and have even stated so many times myself. The potential is still there. I would love to rank GW2 far above the rest.

A lot of members seemed to have gotten kicked from the guild and discord. I am not sure if this is the right place, but if somebody could shed some light on what happened that would be nice. Thanks!

UPDATE: This question has been answered. That’s all I am going to say as it’s not my place to say anymore.

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I’m just curious if you ever plan to update your game forums so we can finally move past all of the forum bugs and lack of functionality. A new expansion seems like a great time for a few people to throw a little bit of work in on the side. Just a thought!

Legendary WvW players? Really? With the current state of balance? You must be joking. This is an MMO. I don’t mean to sound harsh, but you’re being a snowflake. Please spare me the “I work so hard” speech in regards to a game. We all bought the same game you did and your snowflake rant of wanting exclusion speaks volumes to how this once great community is just as toxic and elitist as every other MMO.

I would like to take this time to point out the number of red response threads on this forum. There is a clear increase in communication between McKenna, Grant, and the community and I think we should be thankful for that. Communication is something the WvW community wanted and it looks like we are getting it. Thanks!

They should find a way to prevent people from abusing the buff. This does not mean that they should reduce the current outnumbered buff amount. Why should I be punished as somebody who plays WvW normally everyday for what abusers are doing? You guys are going to get it reduced to garbage and end up turning the pip system into yet another worthless attempt by ArenaNet to breath life into a dying game mode.

I wonder how many people who are asking for the buff amount to be reduced are already at top rank in WvW… Why should you all care? You all get a decent amount of pips regardless. Be careful what you wish for…

I run a staff support ele in WvW and the overall changes make me happy in the long run. Ice Spike having a blast finisher is fantastic! There is a lot more heal/support potential with that change. I would love to see the Geyser change make it into PvE/WvW.

AegisRunestone.8672:

Dude, did you notice that PoF’s minimum specs are higher than HoT’s?

I’m playing on a 2011 decent gaming laptop, but I do not have a source of income, and the chances of me getting a decent computer in the future are slim.

I feel like Anet is already going the way of Blizzard; making it impossible for older machines to run their games as expacs are released.

I’m hoping I’ll be able to run PoF at hopefully, the same settings I currently I have on GW2. Otherwise, I could be out of game for a very long time.

I second this concern. I am not in the market where I can afford a new PC and watching everyone talk about increased specifications bothers me. I guess you can get the expansion pack but hang around core Tyria until you can update your hardware. Who wants to do that though?

At the end of the day, it is what it is. It would still be nice to be able to play the new expansion content on at least lowest of settings until I am able to trade up for something better to run the game on.

Lahmia.2193:

trailofsalt.6571:

Lahmia.2193:

To the people that want condi nerfed, I hope you enjoy the tank meta. Your power builds will still be useless.

You mean like the condi tank meta now? A good percentage of condition players in WvW are already running full dire or trailblazer. If not they are at the very least mixing them with viper. I don’t believe the damage with condition play is as important to address as the way they can be quickly reapplied with a dozen other cover conditions on top. That being said, there are several aspects that need to be looked at…

1. The rate at which conditions can be reapplied by one player
2. The resistance boon (rate of application and current strength being 100% negation)
3. The current condition meta using gear that adds significant toughness and vitality while being able to deal high amounts of damage

About that last bullet point… while there are similar gear stats for power that add vitality or toughness along with significant damage application rarely can you find a situation that utilizes both. Condition gear can significantly mitigate both types of damage while dealing a very good amount of damage in the process. I don’t think that this is healthy for a PvP mode.

I’m fine with condi tanky gear being nerfed, but they have to nerf general tankiness as well. After all it was the tank creep that led to condi meta being a thing, since old school backline power setups became useless.

The problem with that is the comparison of what a tank power build can do versus a tank condi build isn’t really much of a fair one. People try and compare gear like marauder to dire and trailblazers. I am sorry, but there is no comparison. I can run around WvW with my ele in full marauder which the extra vitality would help mitigate condition damage but doesn’t do a thing against getting melted by power damage because there is 0 toughness to it. Dire and trailblazer have both while allowing a condition damage major that is all many condi builds really need to dish out a large amount of damage. Yes you can argue precision, but honestly precision is just the icing on the cake to help set off additional condition traits.

Necro is a good example of this. With the DC GM trait as it is now, having decent precision for a condition necro is just an additional bonus. It’s not a requirement to stack and reapply stacks of bleeds.

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yewn.5701:

Same here. I logged in this morning on both of my characters in the guild and everything was fine. I log back in after the reset and I’m kicked out. I couldn’t remember the guild leader’s account name, so I couldn’t send him a letter asking him what’s going on. Heck, I even asked on the guild’s Facebook page what’s going on.

It’s strange indeed. It happened to me while I was in WvW. I had just claimed a camp for EviL about a minute before it happened. I am sure it’s nothing good. That was a huge guild alliance!