Vancho.8750

> @"Lan Deathrider.5910" said: > When I proposed my spear and pistol especs for Warrior I purposely put blast finisher traits for this reason. Things like enhanced effects and blasting multiple fields with a single finisher. > > Anet needs to bring finishers back into focus with EoD. They are removing that kinds of functionality on purpose, cause the server is struggling to do the calculations per tick, they need to rework the system as a whole.

> @"Lan Deathrider.5910" said: > > @"TeqkOneStylez.8047" said: > > > @"VAHNeunzehnsechundsiebzig.3618" said: > > > close enough: gunflame > > > > You get caught slippin by a non stealth class "all the time"? Running a 1 trick gimmick? > > It's a gimmick, but it comes out fast and hard. > > I like surprising people in melee with it on weapon swap. I'm kinda pissy that some classes can do the same 'surprise you are dead', but on meta build instead of a gimmick build.

> @"Lan Deathrider.5910" said: > > @"KIIIL.1860" said: > > > @"artharon.9276" said: > > > It's the beauty of making this class your main. It slowly turns you into warriors in real life. > > > > i don't want to suffer in real life xD > > "Life is pain"

> @"Touchme.1097" said: > Tank nectomancer is the only profession I know that can solo bounty bosses in PoF and I got flamed by one today for underperforming with my thief, please nerf them to the ground so the bigheads who play necromancer will be put into their own place once again. What the fuck does PVE matter in PVP how is that relevant I can Bear Bow bounties solo too, should we nerf bear pets in pvp, also of course you are gona get flamed for playing badly a thief, no one can cover for thief since no one comes close to its niche, by queueing with thief you are saying that you will be controlling the nodes. If you play badly thief, your team feels it fully, cause they are outnumbered constantly, and being outnumbered sucks. You picked your poison, deal with it.

The Ele staff is Heavy Long Range AoE weapon, but it requires positioning or support, that is why it works in WvW inside groups but it is bad in spvp, since some classes have multiple instant teleports and can single out the ele even if it has good position and the ele has to go in full defensive so it stops its pressure. Also Staff ele is teamfight build and it contest a niche that necro fills way better. I'm not sure how can they make staff good for conquest without breaking ele in WvW and even getting some unexpected builds for spvp that become good for every spot ala holo. For example necro is fine as right now, cause of its main mechanic that requires resource, life force is gained by hitting multiple people and if necro is forced in 1v1 it goes into a survival timer since it can't fill its bar, so it can't sit in prolonged side node fights. Ele on another hand relies on just cooldowns, so ele doesn't get 'tired' and it will be equally strong in all positions.

Tangled depths is the best map in the game, it has everything, it has the story, it has the exploration with allot of hidden stuff to discover, it has a really good meta event, it has the story building events, and it has long term rewards that are grindable, and has nice enough gold per hour. Almost forgot the map makes you feel lost and confused like you are in fucking jungle , the map feels like it is distinct, its own place.

> @"Leonidrex.5649" said: > @"Swagg.9236" as much as a lone 3stack burn from guard can dot for 6k, so can lone nade or whatever power hit for 6k, only that you dont get to cleanse. > there is a reason why its never condi meta, conditions MECHANICALLY are inferior to power, always were and I suspect they always will be. Strangely enough the nade kit is condi weapon.

I'll laugh my ass off if the Vanguard thing ends up being a grind on the current DRMs and there are no new ones.

Say, 'someone is pranking us' and start kicking.

> @"Smoosh.2718" said: > Would it be possible to start seeing armour in the game which is ruined, damaged or bloody. This would allow players to create looks of battle worn armour, ruined by constant combat, or even bandages. > > Imagine a heavy armoured top with a gash down the side and bloody splatters mixed on the edges. Not only would this add to the immersion of the game, but also give players an alternative look to go for. > > Another thing that I'd also like to see, is the Shrine Guardian Headpeice having 1 ear missing but covered with a blooded bandage in its place. > > > **TLDR:**Alternative armour skins showing battle damage and the addition of bandages to be worn in place of armour parts. They did make something like that with the lunatic armor https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Lunatic_armor the medium one even has 2 versions one clean and one bloody. Strange they didn't continue with that, since most of it would be just retexturing of old armors which would be fine as rewards for this living world season since they are phoning it in anyway till the expansion comes.

> @"Chyanne Waters.8719" said: > > @"Vancho.8750" said: > > > @"Chyanne Waters.8719" said: > > > > @"Vancho.8750" said: > > > > And top 250 PVP titles and Legenderies and, and, and uhm a little monkey that says meow. > > > > Just play the kitten game it is not so hard. > > > > > > I do play the game but Anet said if you wanna take the time in game you can but if not you can purchase things to avoid that, > > So you can play, no one said you needed the mastery opened today there is no rush in the game. Masteries are a game mechanic what is the point of the game if everything can be bought with money. It is also in the name Mastery as in mastering the game, like become better at the game. > > > > I am not talking about purchasing the points and them giving u free exp just the points themselves I am also talking about the mastery points, they are given for completing an achievement they are basically reward for finishing a quest.

> @"Chyanne Waters.8719" said: > > @"Vancho.8750" said: > > And top 250 PVP titles and Legenderies and, and, and uhm a little monkey that says meow. > > Just play the kitten game it is not so hard. > > I do play the game but Anet said if you wanna take the time in game you can but if not you can purchase things to avoid that, So you can play, no one said you needed the mastery opened today there is no rush in the game. Masteries are a game mechanic what is the point of the game if everything can be bought with money. It is also in the name Mastery as in mastering the game, like become better at the game.

The issue with Thief for one is that it can't die after the February patch since cc don't work on it and landing a cc on a thief is hard by default, so you have to explode it with damage, but anything that can do that is easily killed by thief so no dice here. The other issue is that there is nothing that comes close to the role of thief as a really mobile roamer, the closest is mesmer with portal and that gets slaughtered by thief. So the main issue in thief is the unmatched mobility so if the enemy team has thief you need a thief and hope your thief is better then their thief or everyone gets heavy specks to bunker since you class can't do shit about thief decapping except stand on a point like a big rock and take a beating from a thief till it gets bored and leaves. Holo or even scrapper on other hand are too good in everything, so it is contesting teamfighters, roamers and sidenoders so the rest of the classes have to sack offensive pressure or defense to match them on one of them, but they have both good sustain and damage so why would you pick the other classes.

Well DRMs ARE side stories but with voice acting, too bad that the quality of them are worse then the actual side stories for some reason, just compare them to Mist Rifts, Awaikened invasions and Bandit events.

> @"felix.2386" said: > i like how u skipped warrior because everysingle thing about warrior other then greatsword,shield,dagger are completely garbage > basically 4/5 weapons are garbage > other word, warrior has more trash weapon then all other classes' weapon combined including good weapons. Even GS being the best for PVP has 2 terrible skills (3 if you count the basic attack) out of 6, the only reason it is taken cause warrior lacks mobility outside GS, and warrior is hardstuck on it, the closest mobility that warrior can get is sword but that thing has 4 bad abilities if you count off hand and i'm not sure if even Final thrust is good, i find it quite funny actually that warrior gap closers are so bad that they are used as movement and not actually to hit people cause they rarely do.

> @"Psycoprophet.8107" said: > Well considering warriors current meta build is a heal support build ima gonna say no, warrior doesn't really need 2 heal/support builds but what it does need are builds that again make the class feel like it's a warrior class and maybe a espec that does the same, just my opinion. You still don't get it do you, a support elite means that the support parts of warrior get shifted there so every elite will be in their own lane doing their own thing like Reaper became Full Power build.

> @"kharmin.7683" said: > Not really fair to say "most" do not like grindy content. The forums are not a good representation of the entire player base. I would like to think that Anet knows how many players are engaged with which types of content so their metrics might well say that most players do enjoy the grind. Personally, I don't. I think there is Enjoyable grind content and Boring grind content, the game has allot of content that is kinda grindy PVP,WvW, Raids, Fractals, HoT map metas but people still do them cause they are fun and have enough reward for the effort. Lately though Arenanet has been focusing on the cinematic part of the content but not so much on the fun part and the same Grind that we have always had starts veering its head, cause we are not having fun while doing it.

> @"Westenev.5289" said: > Remove the cast time from banners and they'd be so much easier to play, especially if you're expected to play 2 banners. With such a long cd, it's not like you'll spam it in pve, and if you take banners to pvp you're probably trolling. Or add some attack after their drop, the blast finisher is not enough, doesn't feel satisfying dropping a banner at all with the exception of the Elite banner which has active part.

> @"vicky.9751" said: > I'm fine with them being RNG. it's a lootbox, i get it. but i feel like i wasted 400gems to get a skyscale skin that i dont even have, and have NO interest in grinding for. I don't even have all of the season 4 maps. Why should I get a skin for that mount? Why cant they fix this? > Well that is how RNG works sometimes you get crap, next time buy the 1200 gem box that gives you the ability to choose which mount skin you want, that is what we managed to get in the Great Loot box war of GW2 when they added it, aaah fun times. It was the same time as EA screwed the pooch, talk about how tone deaf Arenanet was(is,lol).

> @"otto.5684" said: > Well... the pandemic is... everywhere. So..? Anet is not the only gaming company dealing with this. And arguably the gaming industry is benefiting from the pandemic. SPvP was trashed. Limited class balance changes for PvE. The saga, so far, is the worst LW. > > I still occasionally play GW2, but no longer sPvP and mostly old content. So, no, Anet gets an F for 2020 performance. The pandemic does not give them a pass or even some credit. I kinda feel confused that they dropped everything when there will be the most butts in front of PCs, and I don't think there will be another opportunity like this for free mulla, I get that they are making the expansion but come on man, they are missing out on allot. The Steam release was a good call but they pulled out, probably because of WoW and Cyberpunk, and if they wait to release it after the expansion instead after the hype dies for both games would be a big mistake, since getting your game on the front page of Steam during a pandemic is printing money. Also they don't have Game director, no one is steering the ship, it is kinda amazing what they are pulling off now but it will soon start to unravel.

> @"felix.2386" said: > the more rev i play, the more i realize such a failure of a class warrior is. > literally. > dev kept buffing full counter in hope of power warrior surviving as side noder, but instead warrior became anti fun support, > it has the best support because it lives the longest > > because it's not about survivbility, it's how warrior can't land damage properly. > and dev still keep buffing passive sustain via cheese mechanics, instead of giving warrior better option to land damage so warrior can actually avoid damage by actively positioning, instead of just perma sticking to enemy and taking all the damage Remember how they bumped up the damage on counter attack skills and said they will monitoring them, lol. Like how ranger gets shield block on GS and it is fine but the fix for shite weapons with bad mechanics on warrior is giving it more damage, like it doesn't hit ever f f s. Why would anyone pick off hand sword over shield or torch, mace would have been actually useful if it did kinda the same as ranger GS even with 1 second block and if hit you get to do an attack that, you can aim. If you look at spealbreaker it looks like it was slapped together last minute allot of the skills are reused, fucking FC is Protector's Strike with particle effects added( has the same bug to boot). Like there is different people working on every class and they don't speak with each other at all, some are reserved, some seem lazy, some are stuck in the past and some are like give this one a nuclear warhead to blow everything.

> @"Smoosh.2718" said: > > @"GewRoo.4172" said: > > Spear version of Staff is nice. Reviving Paragon would be 10/10 bc feels. > > I really don not want to seem like a broken record here, but what will spear/staff bring that is new that its current weapons can not already do? > I mean you could argue and say its going to be a two handed melee condi weapon.. but my oh my would that be boring to play. If they make it throwable, then it does the same thing as Rifle and Long bow. > > Rather than thinking about what Guild Wars 1 was like, think about what the class is missing now, that it cannot currently do. This will be the most likely weapon that the warrior gets. > > So realisticly there are these options: > Focus Aura support / defence / offence > 1 handed range condi / power (please dont be condi its boring AF to play) > 2 handed melee condi > > Will the Warrior ever get Sceptor? very hard to picture. > Will Anet make spears land weapon? doubtable. > Will Warrior get a shortbow? I seriously hope not, Longbow is the 'Condi' weapon Rifle is the Power > > > People always wish for things that they remember from the past, but when they finally get it, they drop it the moment they try it again. Ask for things that are new, not for things of old. Lets face it, you wouldnt go back to your monsterous ex now would you? So why wish for something that's already been done before. Somewhere I wrote about a Spear/Fist set with 8 skill and 1 to switch between them, so the fists are 130 range and the other is also 'melee' but with bigger range something like 450 or 600, so you know you use it like polearms are used, to poke someone from distance. I still don't get why two handed weapons don't have more reach then one handed in the game.

> @"noiwk.2760" said: > > @"Trevor Boyer.6524" said: > > Depends what you're trying to acquire. Liquid Gold or overall wealth? > > > > The tracks based off living story maps are good liquid gold. > > > > Bitterfrost Frontier is the best overall wealth though. The winterberries give you access to a bunch of ascended trinkets & backpack. If you're trying to build gear on a bunch of characters, just set it to Bitterfrost and put it on repeat. > > interesting .. i was wondering what reward track i should run aswell.. currently building wvw leggy > and pvp backpack.. You need this one https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Glorious_Armor_Box completed 4 times for the Legendary pvp backpack .

> @"ArthurDent.9538" said: > > @"ollbirtan.2915" said: > > > @"Kuma.1503" said: > > > ##Bomb + Mortar Kit Engi > > > > > > Bombs are a meme. Slow to activate, A over-telegraphed toolbelt skill with very little payoff. Damage that you can simply walk out of. But there are a few aspects to bomb kit that can be oppressive under the right circumstances. Namely: > > > > > > Smoke Bomb + Flash Shell + Explosive Entrance + Flashbang + Invigorating Speed. > > > > > > If running tools you can run Streamlined kits for easy access to swiftness, which will proc Vigor from Invorating Speed. You can also run Adrenal Implant for a total of +90% endurance regen when Vigor is up. What this means is more dodges, more flashbang procs, more dazes when the opponent is on high health, and most importantly, more blinds. > > > > > > If the sidenode meta ever shifts to be more melee heavy this build will frustrate players with its endless blind spam. > > > > > > ## Burn Staff Ele > > > > > > Very few people take staff ele seriously. It's an easy kill, but damage, as we've seen keeps creeping lower and lower. Hard hitters like Holo and Rev have slowly been receiving nerfs. Other builds that can bully it like thief have also been getting nerfed steadily. If damage continues to creep lower, this build will make a comeback. > > > > > > It's a very easy build to gain value on. Simply press Signet of Fire, then press Fire 3. Very little tell, very little cast time. If you have allies to provide cover condis, you can spike people down in no time at all. Afterwards, simpy cycle through defensive cooldowns for 12 seconds until your burst is up again. If allowed to freecast, you have a good amount of AoE pressure crowd control. What makes this build oppressive is it's ease of use. It has a 2 button burst rotation with very little tell that happens from range. It may not see much use in plat, but lower ranks will complain if this starts seeing play. > > > > > > ##Ventari Rev > > > > > > Supports are a dying breed in PvP. Scrapper, scourge, druid, and firebrand have all received heavy nerfs which have seen their removal from the meta. Should healbreaker and tempest also receive nerfs, this build may eventually rise to the top. > > > > > > Similar to staff ele, if damage also continues to creep lower, this build's weakness of being focused will become less of an issue. It can heal, cleanse, and even crowd control opponents while being locked down itself. If damage is lowered enough, this build will be able to keep itself alive even in the middle of a CC chain. No other support can do this. You will see complaints such as "make tablet destructable" or "add a cast time to ventari heals. It shouldn't be able to heal itself while locked down". > > > > > > > > > Counterplay exists for each of these builds right now, but as options are removed, and more builds are nerfed, counterplay will also be reduced. PvPers of the past would have laughed if they saw a Renegade in their game, now it's the hot topic of the forums. Here's hoping I'm wrong. > > > > > > > Didn't we have same complaints (make tablet destroyable owmagawd) back in the HoT ventari decap days? I wouldn't be surprised to see the wheel turn again. Déjà vu... > > That would have been an incredibly stupid suggestion as the whole point of that build was to destroy the tablet as fast and frequently as possible. Though the average forum poster here is incredibly stupid so it wouldn't be surprising. Well it worked the same way decap engi worked but it was also a healer, so it could fuck up team fights and sidenodes, imagine if they didnt nerf it before and it stayed hidden till now, at least 3 to 4 months of perma cc, then again CMC can't touch functionality so a year of it maybe.

> @"Smoosh.2718" said: > > @"MatyrGustav.6210" said: > > I could also see a Pistol/sword wielding pirate like specialization. > > Or the new elite spec could be called the Dualist, using two pistols. I kinda don't want to have pistols on war cause ranged elite specks usually end up as total garbage or just don't use their ranged weapon in some cases, and we are talking about warrior here it doesn't have that many good traits or utilities to work with core traitlines in range. Pistols have to be next coming of god to be used and that would get them nerfed, so pistol warrior will be dead on arrival. A long range melee weapon on other hand would fit better and support specks tend to find their spots way easier then lets say yet another dps speck.