Guild Wars 2

To be honest i somewhat agree with the OP. I already have created a forum about this a while back and there are quite alot of people who would agree that down state (in PVP) is a somewhat terrible concept. There are also alot of people who prefer the downstate option which baffles me, but cant argue with personal preferences. Imo downstate is basically an “imbalanced chore” meaning, there are some classes better than others in a downstate and why waste 10-15 seconds trying to make sure someone is dead.

It would be fine if there were a percent chance (before death) that you become placed in a downstate so that it seems more heroic/exciting. Even adding an option such as having downstate or not, would be more appealing.

Downstate in pvp shouldn’t be enough to force someone to fully quit considering this game is fantastic, but obviously can lead people who are more comfortable with the common “dead is dead” pvp, to not fully commit to this form of pvp in general. Which is why i do not play as much pvp in this mmo, as i would in others.

Another aspect i would like to add about downstate, is that in some cases when a dot downs me while i am in an area where no enemies are, i attempt to heal myself which takes around 10 seconds to fully complete. Sometimes when i reach about 90% of being fully revived, an enemy comes in to down me. At this point i have just wasted about 20 seconds (possibly more depending on the situation) of doing nothing but trying to revive and attempting to stop the opposition from killing me. If i am unsuccessful in stopping my opponent i will also have to wait for the death timer which then makes me useless for about 30 seconds in total.

Imo i would rather just die instantly so that i may be actually in the game, helping my team.

Greetings,

I know im probably going to get flamed for this, but i really feel as if the downstate just ruins some of the joy in pvp. I will list points as to why i do not firmly enjoy the downstate feature and you can either choose to agree, disagree or flame me if you like.

1. Solo pvp

It is almost impossible to win a 1 vs 2 (or more) when the players are around the same skill level as yourself. If you happen to put one of them into a downstate and have no utility to make yourself invulnerable to flag the person, their partner will either revive them or down you and waste your time because both of them will come out alive in the end. Sometimes i just want to go Rambo on some groups and at least take one person with me but cannot, due to this system. Solo play is just not happening unless you are of much higher skill than your opponents.

2. Profession downstate Imbalances

It is obvious that some professions have a clear advantage over others in downstate. I wont mention any names due to some people becoming easily offended so i will leave that up to you people to discuss.

3. Feels like a chore

I dont want to stay in one place for 10 (possibly more) seconds to flag one person just to be interrupted because the person doesn’t want to die.

To be honest i can live with this system, i am just not entertained by it. Remember, these are my opinions and so you can freely state your own, whether you enjoy the downstate feature or do not.

Thank you for your time.

Titles says it, so can we? It is such an annoyance when you’re in pvp (pve wise also) and your minion is running around, at 50 HP and so much as tickle kills it, when you need it most. It would be fine if the cool down timer started as soon as you summoned the minion. If not, at least give us an option to dismiss our minions so we don’t have to wait until someone kills it, to then wait for a long cd just to re-summon them.

Well if you consider stronger than majority of the classes (more than half of the classes), i would say they are possibly OP. Imo mesmers bring alot to the table that some classes do not have the capability of doing. They are one of the best duelist, have great burst, huge variety of utilities and can support their team pretty effectively without having to sacrifice a thing. Why do you think they are becoming more and more popular? Of coarse people on this forum may not just admit it because they play mesmers themselves, but i also play a mesmer and i sometimes do feel like the class is pretty strong (i didnt say OP).

This is my PvP perspective and somewhat PvE.

The only classes i ever play really, in rpgs are usually the ones with some sort of dark magic (WoW warlock, DA blood mage etc) but i see no point in playing necromancer in this game when other professions may do the job better. I have tried really hard to find one build that will work for me but none seem to cut it. I practically create a necromancer once a day to try to find some kind of solution but end up deleting it soon after.

My biggest concern with the class atm is that theres practically one viable build which is conditionmancer yet it suffers a huge damage loss if someone has at least one condition remover because of the reliance of bleed damage( which is basically 80% of the damage). I will admit though epidemic is one of the most satisfying abilities when placed on a huge crowd which i believe is a strong point of necromancers. Utility wise, is a concern also considering necros have no escape and almost no hard CC.

Anet should at least replace one of the DoT’s from bleed to burn damage and scale exactly the same imo. They should also add some kind of escape mechanism and maybe one hard CC. Maybe then the class would be more appealing. I really want to play Necro so my question is, why do you play necromancer?

(My intention is not to push people away from playing necromancer, it is to see how others may feel about the class in general and convince me to play Necromancer.)

Tired of just capping points all day. We need something new and this would be awsome!

- Guild Housing
- Player Home
- Dueling
- Player Trading
- Once a Week Raids
- Player Achievement titles (not sure if this is in already)
- Capture the flag PVP map!!
- Mounts

BOOM! Instant success

Well i FINALLY got it working and am at last, satisfied. Didn’t even have to change anything with my computer specs. Was playing for a while and the game is gorgeous with the graphics set to medium/high. So far the game play is very fascinating and am excited to continue.

Thank you all for the help

For anyone experiencing problems downloading the game like i have where you run the CD and receive around a 10256kb of files and then not being able to install the game, check your TEMP folder and there should be a GW2.exe(or something like that). Run this file and you should be able to download the game. After it is finished downloading in your TEMP folder, move all of the downloaded files into a newly created folder (you can move this folder to programs and files if you prefer). Create a shortcut to the Gw2.exe file to your desktop and play. This worked for me but you may try it at your own risk.

(NOTE: it is advised that you delete all files in your TEMP folder before attempting this so you do not get mixed up with useless files and the GW files.)

Well thank you all for your suggestions. I was aware of the bottlenecking, but didnt know it would effect the launcher. I cannot even log-in through the launcher to start the game, therefore i am not entirely sure how the bottlenecking will impact the game when actually launching it. Then again i am not an expert with these things. I will see if i can get my RAM to 4GB and i will come back with the results as soon as i can (may take a few weeks sadly).

“A serious error has occurred that prevents the program from continuing to run. You can help prevent this error from occurring in the future by reporting it to ArenaNet. Please press the send button to report this error.”

And then gave me the crash report above (ArenaNet.log).

Here it is. Thank you for responding.

Hello people of GW2,

I am at my breaking point now. I purchase this game early morning yesterday and have been trying to fix/play this game for over 24 hours. First of all i try to download the game, but no, as soon as i choose a destination of where to install(via CD), it just decides to close every single time. I create a forum and wait for hours, no response.

Fed up of waiting, i send in a ticket which takes over 10 hours to get a response mind you. In the meantime while i was waiting for my ticket, i decide to try my own methods (after trying several from multiple forums). I finally end up finding a way to download the game (used a GW.exe(or something) file in TEMP folder).

My ticket came back and the support responded with something i have already tried. I had also noted that i have attempted the method in my ticket but i guess it was misunderstood. Now im going to have to wait another 10 hours to get a response great..

Well recently my download was finished which gave me a sigh of relief, but as i sign in, guess what, now i have a crash report i have to send. Now im waiting for it currently and looking for a fix, but now i have another problem to deal with, again… Now when I log in, it constantly tells me that my username and password are incorrect, yet i have been typing the same thing over and over.

I have never had this much problems with a game before and i have played many mmo’s (WoW, Aion, Allods, LoL etc.). I know no one will probably help me in this forum considering my other post has been up for hours and no one has responded, but at least i had my chance to vent. If i dont get this working anytime soon i will probably attempt to get a refund if possible.

Thank you for your time and sorry if this had offended anyone. (if anyone is even going to read this)

Greetings,

I have recently purchased GW2 and am having problems installing. As soon as i insert the disk, it begins installing up to around 10256kb and then closes. Instantly, it re-opens and gives me an option to install the game and select where to install. After selecting, the whole thing closes and nothing happens.

I have been looking through many forums for hours and this seems to be a common problem, but i have yet to find a solution. It is very frustrating at this point, so can someone please help me.

Thank you in advance