Vegeta.2563

I feel like it's only gotten worse.. Well of Suffering now applies twice as many vuln and has even shorter cooldown, as it wasn't bad enough with 15+ scourges in a zerg.. now your vuln goes up even twice as fast and with shades hitting you with cripple and torment, not to mention if traited Unending Corruption removing 1 boon for 3 people x 15 people say using the same ability. That's Stability removed on at least 45 people.. RIP any melee..

> @"Gaile Gray.6029" said:

> > @"Mandragorin.5978" said:

> > Arenanet servers are only part of that equation. Your personal setup specs, internet carrier, and distance from anet servers are all critical when determining your overall "connection". There is no way for it to be equal for everybody, much less think it's all in anets hands to get it done.

>

> Well put! It's not rare to be pointed to as the be-all and end-all of latency problems. We have been involved in a lengthy discussion with one player who has accused us of reaching out and strangling their bandwidth -- their personal bandwidth -- because certainly their lag programs are not on their end! And yet, data shows and investigation *proves* that they have problems on their end -- ISP, system, router, modem, whatever -- and that beyond their home, everything is working just fine. Unfortunately, they won't be convinced, even with careful and detailed explanations.

>

> So yes, we do what we can, and each player should do what they can to ensure the best game performance possible. In cases where there are issues, reach out to Technical Support and they'll do their best to figure out what's happening and how the situation might be addressed.

>

> OP -- I am assuming you're tried adjusting your settings? Done some route tracing, and so forth? Don't hesitate to see if the TS folks can help or advise you!

From what I've seen post wise, from people on Reddit, or on the forums here. Ever since ArenaNet decided to switch over to Amazon, I've seen way more latency complaints, as well as people in one of the guilds I am in that is OCE based have higher average pings than what they used to before the switch. Sure from time to time some of those players would get lag spikes that would last for about a minute but would clear up after that. I've noticed even for me my average ping went from around 45-60 to around 70-90. While it's not a huge jump, it is enough to notice skill delay at times, especially in WvW on reset night. While it isn't the fault of ArenaNet in the lag issue other players get, I do believe there is a problem around in the Chicago region that is causing these issues. An area I investigated was http://75.149.230.190.ip-adress.com/ (this is not my IP just a Hop involved when doing a trace on one of the server IPs in game that being 34.236.159.53 ) The 75 IP for me was Hop #8, and everything from 9-16 were blank. #17 ( 54.239.110.199 ) said it had a 40% packet loss, along with #18 ( 54.239.111.93 ) at 60% Packet Loss, along with #19 ( 54.239.110.195 ) 70% Packet Loss. However Hop #20 ( 72.21.197.251 ) Only had a 2% Loss. So at least for the IP's in the range of 52.239.110.1 to 52.239.111.255 .. there might be something more serious going on that Amazon has not addressed yet, or has no clue of existing.

> @"Inculpatus cedo.9234" said:

> Do you have an empty Shared Inventory Slot on that account?

Yep, but that shouldn't prevent it from appearing on the gemstore.

Checked on one of my alt accounts, and the "Black Lion Instant Level 80 Ticket" is not visible to my core account (yes it's vanilla with a serial, not free to play).

Yet it shows on my main account that has HoT and PoF?

Already known about.. https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/discussion/32221/upcoming-bug-fixes

So looking at the article https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/give-your-mounts-a-sinister-sparkle-with-the-branded-mounts-pack/

The sale dates end on the 12th of March, but I know they usually go through the entire month of march. Is there a list for this week?

> @"Ben Phongluangtham.1065" said:

> **Thief**

> Skills

> • Larcenous Strike: Reduced the power coefficient from 15% in PvP and WvW

> • We decided not to do the following buffs;

> • Heartseeker

> • Shadow Shot

> • Infiltrator’s Strike

> Traits

> • Swindler's Equilibrium: Increased the cooldown from 20 seconds to 30 seconds in PvP and WvW

I'm ok with these changes.. however..

> • Dagger Autoattack chain: Reduced damages by 15% overall in PvP and WvW

> • Sword Autoattack chain: Reduced damages by 14% overall in PvP and WvW

Maybe for Dagger, Wild Strike could get an endurance gain buff to make up for the damage loss? I mean if I'm gonna be hitting with a wet noodle, I think some sort of defensive alteration is needed.

For sword, maybe perhaps, Crippling Strike could get cripple or weakness duration increase?

Then you have skills like Signet of Agility, which endurance gain dropped from 100 to 50 for PvP, from the February 22, 2017 patch. Then later on became shared with WvW on the September 22, 2017 patch. Are these type of skills getting their own treatment as well?

Seems to be related to the changes to the LFG, guessing they didn't update it for the WvW window that pops up when you load into the map?

https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/discussion/31415/crash-entering-wvw/


I normally sit at around 45 ping while in game, but recently that's been around 220-300. Seems there are issues at the Ashburn, VA location with Amazon AWS. Server hops have been coming online, then going offline constantly. I have contacted Amazon in regards to this, and they told me the AWS team would get back to me in 2 days.. by that time it could resolve itself, or perhaps not.

To me it just feels like switching to Amazon servers has been nothing but problems. While the hardware and cost might be cheaper, it's sure not making anyone's experience better if they have to deal with packet loss and connection issues.

> @"ShionKreth.1542" said:

> What I'd like to get confirmation on is is this a sure thing that's going to happen, or just something the dev team is considering?

It's like 90% a sure thing. As much work they are putting into it.. no doubt it will be active soon.

> @"reddie.5861" said:

> > @"The Dervish.7384" said:

> > > @"reddie.5861" said:

> > > what shiny things do u want? skins?

> > > another thing i never understood who cares about skins make whole WvW red chars / green chars / blue chars

> > > your problem solved also ;) no1 is shiny.

> > >

> > You can set this option is on/off, fyi.

>

> i have it, but force people to have it.

> from my pov wvw should just a mode where u can gain nothing but u need nothing also to start.

It might make WvW more appealing if players can potentially make more gold than PvE .. you'd see way more action anyway.

As someone that spent 12 years in DAoC .. if CU is anything like DAoC in anyway in term's of RvR .. and if CU's combat is some how better than GW2 (especially if they add dodge mechanic) .. then no doubt in my mind we'll see a lot of WvW Players going to CU. At least to try it out, maybe half come back, half stay. Too soon to tell though.

The thing I loved about DAoC was the fact that you needed to work with your group in terms of fights. You had to rely on your healers, certain classes for crowd control, and tanks for melee and interrupting casters (if you got hit in combat you cant cast a spell so you had to kite).

However the main thing I am not a fan of is Subscription based games, but that won't stop a lot of people that are willing to pay $15 a month.

> @"Raymond Lukes.6305" said:

> As a side note we might need to have a discussion with some of you about the meaning of the phrase "minor qol changes" =) . In all seriousness there were a lot of ideas in there and we've gone through a large portion of the post. Some stuff in there is a bit beyond the scope of what we were thinking with these changes but even still we added some of these to the list in the event there is bandwidth to do them. Thanks again for all the ideas!

I hope a Static reward track was one of those.. So many times I finish a reward track.. and wasted points go into another reward track I don't need because I didn't notice.

> @"Gaile Gray.6029" said:

> Reduce effectiveness of offensive instant cast skills/traits

>

> - Instant cast spells don't give players an opportunity to respond. While we don't want to remove combos utilizing instant cast abilities, we wanted to reduce the impact they have.

Yet mesmer is untouched in regards to this? wat

When Playing out in WvW, and a mesmer jumps me, I don't even have enough time to respond before I'm already in downstate.

> @"Naeleen.7601" said:

> Does the PvP/WvW skill split mean that you will be on the safe side to actually buff underperforming/unpopular classes in PvE without fear? Because certain classes have been hit so hard in PvE, simply because they excel spectacularly in WvW and/or PvP.

Like Guardian staff 1 skill range, or Daredevil staff auto attack chain damage nerf :(

> @"Vagrant.7206" said:

> * Thief - lol heartseeker buffs? Guess D/P thief will be meta yet again.

Pretty big hit on AA chain though, which is good for pressuring certain classes in fights.

> @"Gaile Gray.6029" said:

> ### Thief

> #### Skills

> - Dagger Autoattack chain: Reduced the power coefficients from 0.8, 0.85, 1.1 to 0.6, 0.65, 1.1 (-15% overall) in PvP and WvW

> - Sword Autoattack chain: Reduced the power coefficients from 0.8, 0.8, 1.3 to 0.6, 0.6, 1.3 (-14% overall) in PvP and WvW

Thief risk-reward ratio is going to be so out of wack if these changes go in. I hope the survivability aspect part of this is being looked into. The idea behind thief with autoattack chains is to apply pressure during fights, not hit with a wet noodle and pray you do enough damage to make a dent. Making Hide In Shadows a bit higher heal is a good start, but made me wonder.. Is 15% from Invigorating Precision even enough now that the Auto Attack is getting a damage nerf?

> @"Abdel Muhti.6431" said:

> > @"Ardenwolfe.8590" said:

> > Definitely worth the price. All the extra loot adds up to some nice gold. Got a rare fang as well tonight. Good stuff.

>

> Hello there farmers,

>

> Don't think of the doggies extra stuff in dimensions like what the watchwork mining tool gives to you as extra loot. If you are a busy farmer you really end up with a few extra gold pieces if you do it all day long thanks to the value of the watchwork sprockets. The tons of small venom sacks the dog digs out wont get you near a silver coin. Add the higher tier drops you will end up with a handsful of silver coins at the end of the day.

>

> Its like:

>

> watchwork mining tool - yeah!!! every 2nd swing a sprocket that sells for 2s each

> Snoop Dog mining tool - after 10 or 20 swings you will receive a small venom sack that sells for very small copper coins. (Probably the smallest copper coins of the world).

>

> The nicest extra of the dog is that he looks like the dog companion from Fallout.

>

> With farming regards,

> The Farming Skritt

Dog harvesting tool gets anywhere from t1-t6. However it's more likely to see t1-t5 a lot more often than t6, but it's still possible. Also this...


> @"JasonLucas.4981" said:

> Can all the gear drops be converted in to Pieces of Unidentified Gear with the same loot table of WvW?

What about people that want to open them on lower levels for materials?

> @"Zephyr.8015" said:

> I'd like to have supply info for structures listed when you click on them to slot upgrades/ do guild claims. That way whenever a commander needs supply they can easily look at where they can go to grab it.

As long as you can't view enemy supply count, and have to be in range of the structure the natural way.

Here's a QoL Request I've been wanting since Desert Borderlands has been in game.

Make Righteous Indignation show up on the map (and mini map) when you mouse over on shrines!!!!!

Here's a ton of feedback in 1 area about the Griffon update..

Endless Revive Orb. Unusable in WvW, PvP, and Raids. Perhaps a cooldown of 5-10 mins per use if need be.

The delay set is way too long, and needs to be at least 75% less than what it is now. Having this in now makes doing some griffon adventures impossible to get gold rank on.

I don't see what was wrong with leaving it the way it was. You couldn't gain much height from where you started at even with the ability to cancel the dive. This change was uncalled for.

Also performing the wing flap, had a friend with a stop watch hit it as soon as I hit the wing flap, and it was around 1600 ms before I could pull up, so the timer is doubled than what it currently states of being 800 ms.

> @"Kreejaffa.3682" said:

> Only cost me about 200 gold.

>

> Sorry...I might have made the price go up faster by buying so many when the patch went live.

How many did you buy?