WindBlade.8749

I'm up for something like that, like the previous guy say, not even need to be related to endgame, it's will be a way to let players discover how the build/damage work, and let them try new things with new builds.

The devs did not intent that condi players should not be able to destroy the objets... It's just that before HoT Condi build was not really a thing since there was no real way to create them (lack of stats and skills from existings weapons), the only real condi class we got was burn gardien and the cap for condition was 1 by condi. That why object did not take condi, because they did not predict that they will be condi build in the future, they just forgot to update the objets when they introduce them. You can see that as most of objets that do not take condi are from core.

> @"Bellbirds.1679" said: > > @"WindBlade.8749" said: > > > @"Bellbirds.1679" said: > > > Really the biggest mistake they made I'd say is adding glowy kitten AND making it the most prestigious things in the game) > > Believe me even if the shiny item were not the most prestigious items most of people will still use them since it's what the majority of people prefer, you can already see that with all the shiny of the cash shop that are not prestigious at all but most of people use them anyway.. > > > > > @"Bellbirds.1679" said: > > > I'm also not sure what you mean by there aren't 'class gears' since there's 3 armor classes which I think is enough > > I speak about armor that take as a theme a class, like the weaver armors, the druid armors etc... in others mmo like ffxiv to take a game i play there is a lot of themed armors related to class... that why there is less people using flashy gears since they can find gears that suit their characters and their class. It's not the same for gw2, if you want to make a fashion for a weaver you only have a few gears that will fit the class, it's all personal flavor after all, i found one that i like (not to old school but not too over the top, a thing that fit well the weaver asthetic). > > > > I like colorful armors (not shiny just colorful) with a exotic models, i often go for the color scheme of the class (so my weaver is flaming dark red (in the style of my profile picture) with gears that make her look like a agile swordman) or my druid who is muscular norne carrying the team in raids (lol) my mesmer who like a purple demon (for lack of word it's fit more than the description rip) But when i can't do that i just make them look nice even if it's not class related. > > > > As for infusion, some of my character have them but never more than 1 (or 2 in the past for one my of char)) because it's still go well with some fashion (only a few infusion i don't like the infusion that change your skins .....). > > But the cash shop items ARE prestigious. They show you have money to throw at digital hats for a fictional character in a fictional world. I agree on the class armor front. THAT'S what they should be adding. What happened to kekai and their beautiful designs? Really ? i play 1-2 hours by day not even farming, only playing what i like and can still do 1 legendary item every 1-1. month and buying cash items with gold conversion. How is that prestigious.. And don't worry even if the next shiny will be really easy to get people will still use it...

> @"Bellbirds.1679" said: > Really the biggest mistake they made I'd say is adding glowy kitten AND making it the most prestigious things in the game) Believe me even if the shiny item were not the most prestigious items most of people will still use them since it's what the majority of people prefer, you can already see that with all the shiny of the cash shop that are not prestigious at all but most of people use them anyway.. > @"Bellbirds.1679" said: > I'm also not sure what you mean by there aren't 'class gears' since there's 3 armor classes which I think is enough I speak about armor that take as a theme a class, like the weaver armors, the druid armors etc... in others mmo like ffxiv to take a game i play there is a lot of themed armors related to class... that why there is less people using flashy gears since they can find gears that suit their characters and their class. It's not the same for gw2, if you want to make a fashion for a weaver you only have a few gears that will fit the class, it's all personal flavor after all, i found one that i like (not to old school but not too over the top, a thing that fit well the weaver asthetic). I like colorful armors (not shiny just colorful) with a exotic models, i often go for the color scheme of the class (so my weaver is flaming dark red (in the style of my profile picture) with gears that make her look like a agile swordman) or my druid who is muscular norne carrying the team in raids (lol) my mesmer who like a purple demon (for lack of word it's fit more than the description rip) But when i can't do that i just make them look nice even if it's not class related. As for infusion, some of my character have them but never more than 1 (or 2 in the past for one my of char)) because it's still go well with some fashion (only a few infusion i don't like the infusion that change your skins .....).

> @"Chrysaliss.8720" said: > > @"Cleopatra.4068" said: > > Why do people think switching from DX9 to DX12 is something that even can be done? > > > > Because it has been done before by other games like WoW. > > And yes it does improve performance massively. Only using the unofficial dx12 addon increased my fps by 20% > You mean the mod that work for only a part of the community and either crash the game for others, decrease the fps or just render black void ? sorry but an halfbaked solution like what this mod do will not work for a company standard, it's really fine for a mod since you either use it or not you can still play the game without but not for the official game. There is no real way to rewrite to update ithe dx version except to redo the whole render code base, even the sader of all models if it's not modular (which is surely the case with a mmo like gw2). And all of that for what ? dx12 will not magicly fix your fps, it's just different and better for new hardware that it without speaking about all the issue that gonna happend if they update it to dx12 because a change like that will implement so many bug for years, there is so many others way to optimise game.

Asking for an option to turn the effect is fine, but complaining that it's aenet fault that everyone wear glowy out of lore shits is stupid, yes they made it but it's the player that choose to wear them not areanet, and where you can understand that some prestigious items that people will want to wear them just to show of, nowday a lot of shits that glow is not even prestigious item anymore and are easy to get, (just look at most of wings, cat ears and all others). Specialy when there way more classic skins than shining one by a large marge. Sorry but one of the problem that this gave have for "lore fashion related to your class or character" is that there is only generic gear that look nice or not. There is no class gears or things like that, which mean that if you're lucky you can find gears that fit your character's lore with a lot of testing (choose the right gears and colors) or just make a set of gears which go well with your character for you even if it's not lore related. So it's cleary just the player that want to wear what they want, you don't like it ok but everyone is entilted to wear what they want. You complain about that it's not like the old style anymore but all theses old gears and armors are still here for players that want to use them if they want. And even the flashy stuff is still in the guild wars 2 style, maybe not lore friendly yes but it's still in the cartoon paint like style of gw2.

> @"Firebeard.1746" said: > > @"Ayrilana.1396" said: > > You don't have to do what is meta. Create your own group if you don't see any to your liking in the LFG. > > > > DPS has been the go to for just about everywhere in PvE over the past 8+ years. > > > > Meta is usually always fairly narrow to a degree and has been for 8+ years. > > Usually the people in PuGs don't care, but i think it's toxic some people feel they have to lecture people on how to play, especially with fractals which has a massive overhead to climbing (ar collection + ascended gear). If i was more fragile i might quit the game mode altogether. Honestly i have run some parties with almost all supports in lower tiers because of how sparse the player base is. You have to use what's available. > > I just would like some wind knocked out of the sails of the everyone is dps meta. > > Which by the way was how i started this character but because of lack of support while climbing, i swapped it into support before i invested too much into the character. More than lecturing i think people are just annoyed when in an content that is hard compared to the others contents of the game you don't pull your weight, as long your dps is fine or your boon uptime is ok, only people that like optimisation will complain, most of class in this game can be dps in cm with no real problem but the problem is more on buffer, there is no other buffer for 5 man content than fb, the game really need new one, we only have 10 man support that are not fit for 5 man at all (without even speaking about how broken fb egide is) same for alac, why only two specialization in this game can give it ?

Just playing them is funny for me, i always found sad that the most fun content (boss fight and others) are always the minority of gameplay in mmo you do (except when you have finished the rest i guess) .... Yes i'm a mecamaniac that love evading aoe and stuff and doing meca ... too bad the openworld is mindless My favorite moment ? i guess largos, dhuum green / kiting and maybe desmina pushing

Doing a daily reset will make burn out people way too fast (i already burn out of fractals because of t4 (will not have burnout if it's was cm only), i know that they will do it even without li reward, so maybe another system than this one, like people say the first idea you get are often the worst.

Honestly, the first half before everything got fucked up with NCsoft firing people and corona where really good, better then some others living world seasons, but after the firing and the corona, they pretty much throw it away in the trash bin with the drm and just placed every hope they had in their new DLC. Some people will find it stupid as saying, just delay the extension and finish the saga correctly. Others will find it's a good choice, think what you want.

> @"lare.5129" said: > > @"Cyninja.2954" said: > > What does this suggestion have to do with the lore and possible reasoning behind why raids are harder in comparison to say story missions? > it make raid valid content some time, and people can hold vision on it and extent in in any direction. > > > Again, this topic deals with how it can be explained lore wise. > author say that impossible touch that content as lore, and feel it. So it is my vision ho to make it accelerate for lore players. > > I just say my point of view on how Aenet explained that raids were way harder in gameplay even if the entities that we fight are less dangerous and powerful than the god like entities of the main quests. Which is because we are not the commanders in raids but random veterans adventurers.

> @"TaurusZA.5493" said: > Thank you everyone for the many helpful responses. I think I probably need to change my mindset and start with a other class, so am currently levelling up another character (guardian) to 80 to use condi firebrand to do this fractal. I still can't master the condi berserker and applaud those who can - the advice "get good" or "change class" is probably right! Thanks you for listening to feedback, most of people only rant on forum and never listen.

> @"JesterX.6730" said: > > @"sokeenoppa.5384" said: > > > @"JesterX.6730" said: > > > Is it possible to find people that takes their time in Fractal and Dungeons? > > > > > > Sometimes, I just want to know the story and learn the mechanics of a fractal without being rushed. How can I find people that wants to enjoy the story? > > > > Pretty often i see dungeons parties with an lfg title "chill, watching videos" do that yourself. > > Oh, that's just great! I didn't see such group, but I'll look for them and put it in the title as suggested! Thanks if you want something for your group, like waiting for watching dialogs, cinematic, or anything (like specific behavior and others), just ask in the lfg "X content | Chill, no rush to watch cinematics and dialogs" You can ask what you want in your lfg.

> @"Morokey.8534" said: > > @"TaurusZA.5493" said: > > I only have one character that I know how to play properly - a warrior / bannerslave. I was getting really good and accumulated over 100KP in fractals, well on my way to Fractal Prodigy. > > > > Unfortunately Sunqua Peak has ruined this completely for me, to the extent that I now no longer want to play fractals. This boss requires condi DPS, and at best the condi berserker's DPS absolutely SUCKS. I have tried and tried and tried, and I can't do this fractal. No matter what. So it's either learn to play some new character from scratch or quit fractals altogether. Nowadays it's impossible to find a decent group for the other fractals, since most parties start including 100CM. I just can't do this fractal. > > > > Thank you, A-Net, for ruining my favourite part of the game. > > "and at best the condi berserker's DPS absolutely SUCKS".. Oh really ? And why am I always first with 30-31, way better than firebrands and mirages ? You can't play it well that's why it sucks for you... Just learn your skills, their cooldowns and what they EXACTLY do.. Try to use leaps in fire fields when need to move, combo finisters from longbow in fire fields etc. and you will see. And the thing why is condi needed ? Condi isn't needed.. People look for condi because they found SC's video with full squad of condi classes, that's why. It doen't matter you are condi or power.. Well to be honest power can do it to, but mirage/fb compo are better and much safer. But yea, condi is not mandatory just better if played with the same skill.

Well honestly, if it's endgame content, you should at least know how to play multiple class, it's not healty in game design wise to create 9 class that each have 2 spec with each spec that can play power and most of the time condi to (bonus for the spec that can support to like fb, thief, ele, and minus for the niche class like mirage, druid, scrapper so it's go back to even), and to let players be able to play only one build of one spec of one class. The only thing that kinda suck is to ask AR for each build, they should have make it to an account progression :/, even if i undesrtand the argument for being character only (even if more build progression than character), but it's quite boring.