[Would you like A-Net to allow more mods?]

Game needs a dps meter mod.

So much dps checks, need a dps meter to make sure I'm doing good or not and see what I can do to get better.

Heck a mod helping me decide which abilities to push to maximize my dps would be a warm welcome.

Ex. AI dps mod, talks to you and assists you with your DPS (you laid down a firefield, now use these skills quickly to do the combo, and take advantage of burning abilities, hurry and swap now, there you go now your dps is 35k sustained, very good job)

 

I see you listed skins and mounts. The mod I'm thinking of is the ones that ESO has, those kind of mods.

I believe the ones you are thinking of since you listed skins and mounts, is more like a game changing mod, like Quakeworld, I really doubt they would consider game changing mods, I don't know of any MMORPGs besides possibly Second Life that have possible game changing mods. Think it could work in a sandbox area, Rust is a FPS game and it is doing well with modded gameplay.

[Next expansion idea]

On 12/31/2022 at 1:19 AM, Raffrey.5271 said:

Whatever suggestions on the story you may have there, I think it's safe to assume that the story line for the next living world and 4th expansion are already set in stone, from the moment they announced the confirmation of it. Which, if true, sounds like good news. (bad news for you though)

There is a confirmation of a 4th expansion? Source?

[I want to discuss flying mounts (Griffon/Skyscale) and their inability to stay high in the air while going forward]

Just now, Linken.6345 said:

They do have you never done a griffon race?

Asking for more

[I want to discuss flying mounts (Griffon/Skyscale) and their inability to stay high in the air while going forward]

18 hours ago, Linken.6345 said:

 

We need more racing events. Racing should yeild rewards too like PvP WvW JPs

[Next expansion idea]

Incoming wormhole.

BLUR BLURRR BLURRRR

massive army emerges, these mobs hit very hard, range, beam damage.

Rata Sum has been OVERRUNNED

This army calls themselves the Ga'ouls

They are snake like creatures that take over people and use them as hosts and their purpose to take over the galaxy and enslave people and have them worship them as gods.

It is now up to the rest of the races to fend off this threat that is now constantly attacking the others through via incoming wormholes.

 

END OF DRAGONS beginning of the Ga'ouls

Lions Arch is under heavy siege, it has many incoming wormholes. It is up to you to save them. These Ga'ouls may be very advanced. May have other tricks/tactics up their sleeves. May not know their true strength. Perhaps they are gods.

[DPS Checks]

What are the DPS checks for raids and fractals? (minimal/acceptable avg dps)

What tools do people use, like dps meter.

Do raiders use assisted tools too? Say your rotation is 10+ buttons, 10 min fight of maintaining that rotation, do people actually do these rotations without assistance?

[Wintersday live and dead content...]

@"lummuss.6850" said:Wintersday is alive, but the festival's content is dead. Is it so hard to create a map in which there are many frozen monsters and frozen bosses for players to build squadrons and play funShare your opinions ...

Not everyone likes to kill things all day.

Some of us prefer racing over killing NPCsSome of us prefer jumping puzzles over killing NPCsSome of us prefer choir over killing NPCs

This game, and MMORPG's in general doesn't have to be all about "Squadrons and NPC's to kill"

[DPS Staff Weaver becoming Meta?]

@Voltekka.2375 said:Weaver was never offmeta. Those who know the class did and do great dps.

Yeahgreat dps

Meanwhile hp/defense? Not good enough.

Meta means overall you are good

WeaverOffense 9/10Defense 2/10HP 1/10Overall 12/30, aint nothing Meta about that.

MeanwhileFirebrandOffense 8/10Defense 9/10HP 9/10Overall 26/30, thats really good, that's Meta.

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Who complains about thieves and rangers? Probably some elementalist. Offense is only good if you know they coming, if you are on offense.Once you on defense. If you aint got defense aint got HP. Expect to get rekt when playing defense.Rangers and Thieves? They make you play defense.They make elementalist cry about them.Can't be meta if you have a weakness

[DPS Staff Weaver becoming Meta?]

What you expect from a class that is squishy, low hp, low defense?They have LOW HP LOW DEFENSE....Balance here now.Offensive, is suppose to be good. They have LOW HP and DEFENSE.

They have Good offensive and you mad about it????Did I mention they have low hp and defense?

Meta is good at everything. GOOD HP, GOOD DEFENSE, GOOD OFFENSE.That sounds like a guardian to me, a Weaver is nowhere near what is meta.

[Lots o' Bots]

PvP is dead,

PvP was never all about ranked competitive all the time.Yes PvP is competitive, but being in RANKED, and thinking there is no other options to play except to play RANKED.

Terrible design. No casual play. All RANKED.

Original design,Hotjoins, Tournament(Ranked)

Tournament(Ranked) not so much activity, because players like PLAT players only played it or cooridnated groups.

Casuals doing nothing but hotjoins ALL NIGHT AND DAY, 8v8, 30+ servers ANY TIME of day, PACKED/FULL.

You force casuals into Ranked games, it's not casual anymore, its RANKED, its serious. OF course people want to win in casual games too.

This game killed its PvP, went from 8v8 hotjoins ALL DAY 30+ full/active servers.

To Ranked, makes no sense to play other modes, people starting to notice bots because its so dead, PVPGood going Anet.

btw, I played back then, I played smartly too. Hotjoins you could get equal to and better rewards than by playing ranked. Could also get higher PvP level faster too. Hotjoins was very rewarding back then.

btw, some of you may not notice because you never did hotjoin. There is a spectate feature. So many PvP updates were designed for Hotjoins.

Just like Racing, terrible rewards, it is deadJust like Edge of the Mists, terrible rewards, it is dead (use to be 4+ FULL servers ANY TIME of day)Just like hotjoins, terrible rewards, it is dead. (use to be 30+ FULL servers ANY TIME of day)

Several threads on bots? Because PvP is dead.Lacks casual play, casual play you need good rewards too. Like EoTM, like 8v8 Hotjoins back in 2013/2014.Ranked (has nothing to do with casuals, casuals only play it because its norm now, the rewards back it up, not because the mode itself)Ranked and casuals is terrible idea.

Data shows Ranked, not many players playing PvPData shows HOTJOINS 8v8, 30+ ANY TIME OF DAY full/active servers.

Yet these guys pick Ranked mode (its not for casuals, yet casuals forced to play here.... because the rewards matter, NOT because its fun game mode) Look at the data.

[[Suggestions]QoL (Quality of Life) Ideas [Merged]]

While in a race, remount should not be negated by NPC attacking you.Should be able to remount regardless if NPC is attacking you while racing and only exception is if you attack them back.

To prevent people from 'pretending to race just to get somewhere in zone and remount in heavy NPC areas' when race is over if you didn't finish you spawn back at the start of the race area.

[Make up your mind Arenanet]

@Ben K.6238 said:The aspects in which it stands out are the feel of the combat system and the quality of the mounts.

I agree with mounts,This game has more going for it than 'find npcs and kill' 'quest is kill npc'More racing and other stuff than 'kill npcs' please

I should be able to do like Automated Tournament Monthly, 500 gold for first place.... I should be able to get same tourny and rewards with racing. I should be able to race every 2 hours in the daily racing tournament.Same rewards.

I should be able to get gold from racing just as fast from 'killing npcs'

All rewards equal, I'd be racing 24/7 in this game, rather than boring fractals, raids, world bosses aka 'kill npc events' and over boring wvw and pvp tooWOW does raids betterESO does wvw betterOld School Runescape does pvp betterGW2, racing is better

[Theif(Monk) Healer/Tank]

Can we get GW1 monk as a profession, and yes the ability to go 55 monk status.

Other professions, have a healer role, tank role, etc.Except thieves.

But one of the best tanks/healers in GW1 was Monk, especially the 55hp monks.There is no doubt that if done in GW2 it would go to the thief.

[DPS Staff Weaver becoming Meta?]

@SlitheSlivier.1908 said:Finally those low-hp, low-armor squishy dudes may do more damage at ranged than those with more hp and armor, as it should be balanced.I can't wait to play mine more now to see how things have changed.

Low armor, low hp, squishy, and does not do more damage.Already meta?

If your low armor, low hp, squishy, I sure hope you do more damage than those with more hp/armor. If not, POINTLESS to play.If they had low armor low hp, and LOWER damage? Why even play? USELESS!

ScenarioHi I'm a low damage/hp/armor squishy, how you doing ranger.I'm doing just fine, I'm a more hp/damage/armor not squishy, killing everyone because I'm more.Hello balance? I'm low hp/armor, how come my damage is lower too? Balance? Hello balance?

Now the low armor/hp lower damage people... They may do more damage now than other people!?!?! And you calling for nerf?Its called BALANCEThey suppose to be good at something, not lower at everything. They got low friggin hp/armor for crying out loud.

You asking if they META now???Lets check, they have MORE HP? MORE ARMOR? Nope.META usually means, better armor, better hp, better damage. NO FLAWS. (hmm sounds like a guardian to me)They STILL low hp/armor.

ScenarioThiefTICK TICK TICK, that meta elementalist is down. This is for sure aint meta, he went down like a pancake

[Return grenades]

At least its not turret engy, hate CC metas.

How about core Warrior back?How the heck did Warrior DPS monster turn into crap DPS and all about CC?Flipping CC metas.

Core engy no problem, I can use my abilities.tureet engry, always stuck, always CC'edthis spellbreaker, always can't use abilities,

When do I get to use my skills.. Hmmm?

I'm fine with core engy nades, Ostrich Eggs build.I can use my skills, I use them better than opponent. It's when I'm CC'ed, thats when I start hating life.

Best engy build thoughcore engy, sumo. And yes with Automated Response old school style, IMMUNE to all condi's."I'm going far, going to sumo everyone outta this node, and they going to be pissed they aint doing squat to me"

"enemy team says, how are you losing 2v1 at home? oh shit how come this guy does not die, hes very low on health but isn't going down, wtf, why am I being pushed everywhere too, too much knockdowns!"

[Less zerg WvW]

@Swagger.1459 said:Try spvp. U will love it!

Hopefully they make CANTHA open world PvP. Have a wilderness area like in Old School Runescape.Then I can just do that and never worry about PvP and WvW.IMO Open World PvP > PvP and WvW combined.

[Strikes aren't really that competitive reward-wise]

Reward wise?

Strikes you go straight to boss, and he dies in seconds.

Fractals, clear 10 mins of trash and then do boss.Raids. is in middle of strikes and fractals. Just do raids, they aint hard.

Most games tbh,raids are usually hours of trash clearing then boss.This game though, they put a lot of trash in casual dungeons like fractals, seems more than raids imo.Should be the other way around, raids full of trash clearing, not casual fractals.

But rewards in strikes?You aint doing much, its just killing boss, they give rewards to make it not garbage/waste of time practice for raids. Be thankful you getting any rewards at all.

[Less zerg WvW]

@"lare.5129" said:yes, try spvp great idea ! so we have summary, uberkingkong.8041 should try unranked spvp, and don't play wvw. Or play eso or etc.

sPvP?Yes fun!8v8 hotjoins!

They get rid of 8v8 hotjoins even though 30+ FULL 8v8 hotjoin games, ALL DAY ALL NIGHT. FUN FUN FUN5v5 ranked, ANYTHING but more than 5v5. as in they do 1v1 2v2 3v3 4v4. BORING. Aint no casuals want to do 1v1 2v2 3v3 4v4.

sPvP, #1 trend going on right now.20% of bots taking over games, bots bots bots

8v8? Casuals? Nope, sPvP forced #esports down every casuals throats.30+ ALL DAY long FULL hotjoin servers.... Now dead, sPvP, bots everywhere gamemode.

8v8 thought of it is "good luck getting 16 people to do it"...Did you not play it when it was around? 30+ ALL DAY LONG full servers.And you think good luck?

HmmmMust mean pvp playerbase is struggling.Because 8v8 it was thriving..... Forcing 5v5, oh look its not thriving.Oh look they trying everything to motivate people to get back into pvpDoing 1v1 does not motivate people to get back into pvpDoing 2v2 does not motivate people to get back into pvpDoing 3v3 does not motivate people to get back into pvpDoing 4v4 does not motivate people to get back into pvp

1v1 they do NOT have conquest in pvp2v2 they do NOT have conquest in pvp3v3 they do NOT have conquest in pvp4v4 they do NOT have conquest in pvp

Hmmmmthese analysts are baffled, they have no clue what motivates people to get back into pvp.they probably think like playerbase "anything more than 5v5 good luck filling it up and getting games"

smh, you guys blind?DATA SHOWSDATA PROVESDATA SUGGESTSDATA CLAIMSREAL NEWS DATA SHOWS30+ ALWAYS FULL ALL DAY 8v8 HOTJOIN SERVERSThat's 480 ACTIVE IN PVP players ANY TIME OF DAY, that's healthyGW2 idk who does the DATA ANALYSIS for PvP, but DATA is in your face dude. LOOK AT IT.Back in the 8v8 hotjoin days, the issue was not finding an active server. It was AM I QUICK enough to join that 15/16 server.Back in the 8v8 hotjoin days.... One fun I did after playing PvP a lot was, LOOK AT PLAYERS in the game, and pvp with them.

Thats just HOTJOINS too.

But nah, these guys listen to the wrong people."good luck filling 8v8s" bro 8v8 NEVER had issue filling up. 8v8 IS CASUAL....1v1 2v2 3v3 4v4 5v5 IS NOT CASUAL.Thats why 8v8 HAS NO PROBLEM filling games.

sPvP too small team, needs more, 8v8.WvW, ZERG reliant. You have no ZERG, you're USELESS. UNINSTALL WvW quit, leave it, come back ONLY when commander is up.Can't do SQUAT offensively IN ENEMY TERRITORY when there is no commander and everyone else LEFT because.... THERE IS NO COMMANDER.

Thats why, the other borderlands, the ones your server does not control..... YOU HAVE NOTHING, not even that start tower. BECAUSE even though you want to capture it. ITS UNDEFENDED TOO.

You can't because 1 player can't build fucking siege.Give me a siege buff if aint nobody around for 3 minutes.So that I build the flipping ram with ONE TIME 15 materials, none of this run back and forth 5 times just to get a flipping ram up.Scale that beeping gate down to 1 player too. And the lord. If I aint breaking the gate within 2 minutes, it needs to be SCALED DOWN, SCALED PROPERLY.

[What would bring more players regularly to DRMs?]

@lare.5129 said:

@"uberkingkong.8041" said:

1. Too much stuff (daily) to do in gamefor many people is ok. If someone can't play 8+ hours per day - then choose that actual. Try limit other is bad idea.

2. Limited time (a lot of people say "well back as kid I had so much time, now I don't have much time")people who have limited time should do limited content, or don't play some part of games at all ... I know people who play 2-5 pvp matches per day only. And skip other content. Someone do ode two meta only. Someone play only LS.

3. GW2 is similar to MMO trifecta, you need to be certain profession, like healerbrand or whatever is flavor now? it ok. gw2 is mmo game.

Don't need a healer and tank.... Well look whats happening, need a healer. Need somebody who gives boons now, trifectasomeone need nurse, someone not. People do fractal 100 cm solo, someone dead whit hfb.

Yes,so basically you saying keep doing what I'm doing which is not to play DRM

This thread wants to know how to get people to play it.Basically

1. Make them compelteable in under 10 mins
2. Its limited time content, make the rewards WAY better than every other daily

Just because it may have a unique skin only towards it, doesn't mean I'm going to do it. Usually the skins they make lately not really so good.

3. Make it funIf its fun, I really don't care too much about reward. Like roller beetle races in Maelstrom Brisbane, etc. I did every single achievement and kept doing the races because they were fun.DRM nobody does it? Is it fun? Rewards better than dailies? Takes too dang long?More than 10 mins is too dang long for me.

Thats why fractals burns me out, some of them can be long.I have to get myself in the mood to do fractals due to how they went from good amount of time spent to do (Molten Alliance/Boss, go straight to boss and BAM done to 10 mins clearing trash and then boss, POINTLESS WASTE OF TIME)

Thinking about it, a raid can be done faster than some fractals. Strikes can be done faster than some fractals.You think I want to do a DRM, I have no idea how long it takes to do, but I get vibe its LONG.

These developers, I swear they spend a lotta manhours, deciding how to make trash in a fractal, and those manhours could be better spent.(I'm talking about Molten Boss, it was perfect the way before. I'm talking about Jade Maw, it was perfect the way before)

Then they make Strikes (hrm should be fast), YEP thats how fractals should be too.

Usually other games, they make RAIDS take hours of clearing trash, this game though, it makes raids quick and casual quests LONG. smhDRM, I aint got time for that baloney. I'd rather go racing in Brisbane Wildlands, or do a racing event over and over than clear fucking trash

Why can't we have Dragon Response Racing, Dragon Response Delivery Driver?I aint got time for Dragon Response Trash Clearing, I'm doing other shit

I mention good ideas, thenPeople always say "prefer the developers spend there time on better things"Developer "okay thank you, going to add some trash in Molten Boss, and add some trash in Jade Maw fractal"Developer "I'm doing good job spending time on better things yes? I'm going to add Mossman as a requirement to Swampland Fractal, no more bloomhunger or mossman, now you do both! Enjoy!"

So much trash getting added to casual quests, thats why I aint never done DRM, but thats what I think of casual quests, and I aint going to spend my precious time on limited time content that has a lot of trash to run through. I do fractals when I'm in that mood.

1. Have to join a group and they want perfection (must have healerbrand, chrono, druid, etc)
2. Perfect group to do trash
3. Perfect group to do boss
4. Then get currency and what is it, to open a chest that has random gear?
5. Don't get the random gear I wanted
6. Screw this aint doing this anymore, at least in fractals I get relics, I get WHAT I WANT, not no random get lucky
7. ... Oh yeah, I'm not sure if this is case, Don't have the ICEBROOD SAGA masteries???? Can't open friggin chest.
8. Yeah ok, thats it, I aint doing this shit, fuck DRM
9. WAYYYY too much effort for random chance gear, and I get stuff I dont want, FOR WAYYY TOO MUCH EFFORT
10. AND TAKES WAYYYYY too much time
11. This aint, fun too..... Why could it not be.... You know....... A racing event??? A fun event like racing?
12. Like I'm racing and if I'm too slow I get hit by a Dragon AOE, and I lose. What can be more fun than racing and knowing a dragon is behind me, and I have no room for error unless he will get me, and obliterate me. Thats fun

What would make people do DRM?Ummmm.... Simple. Make it fun.Why rollerbeetle racing is fun.? Simple. Do you like fast cars? Do you know anybody who hates fast cars? Yeah everyone loves driving fast.

What made games like Grand Theft Auto 3 so much fun?Driving in fast cars, being chased by police.

DRM what would make it fun?Roller beetle racing, and if your too slow, too many mistakes the dragon chasing you obliterates you.Just like in GTA 3, you too slow, too many mistakes, the police get you and obliterates you. WASTED

Thats how to make DRM fun.Clearing trash REPEATEDLY, is how you get people TO NOT DO DRMs.

[Guild Races]

@Yggranya.5201 said:

@uberkingkong.8041 said:

@lokh.2695 said:

@uberkingkong.8041 said:

@lokh.2695 said:Guilds are abandoned content. Sry m8.

They said they abandoned it? They claim they aint doing anything about it?Or they say SOON? Or they say maybe in the future? Or they say nothing at all?Timing has to be right, who knows, maybe End of Dragons means Beginning of GuildsThey have stopped talking about guild ccontent years ago and when they do speak about it they mean a handfull of decorations. Nothing has been changed about the Guild Halls since HoT and nothing besides decorations has been added since PoF(->ONE<- new Guild Hall). Before that? Well, they implemented Guild Missions in 2012...maybe fixed some things in the early years, I don't remember...but nothing of notice was added/changed between release and HoT that brought a huge rework of Guilds, mainly to implement Guild Halls. Guilds can't be monetized as well as skins or maybe a home instance, so they abandoned it.

Who knows is always a weak argument, or at least an argument that won't win you anything. Sure, I don't know what the next Xpac will bring, maybe it's playable tengu, land spears, player housing, fishing and guild centric. Do you know? I assume you don't. So we can stop arguing right there, none of us knows anything. Maybe the Cathan expansion will revolve around Keg Brawl, build your team and participate in Fifa/Madden'21...erm GuildWars2... Maybe we'll skip the whole fighting dragons and helping the innocent part and skip right into open world PvP, all day every day and it will be the only way to 1)advance the story, 2)get rewards, 3)unlock elites and 4)did I mention it might just be a full player loot system to appease the more hardcore crowd that's coming in with the steam release. Who knows, right? I sure don't, do you? Maybe in Cantha it's all about playing cardgames on your raptor. Who knows, maybe End of Dragons means beginning of old school Track'N'Field coming to GW2.

I already know, its Cantha.You should know too, they hint and its predictable.

Its like WWE.You should know whose going to win.

It aint like WCW or WWF, where who knows whose going to win. Goldberg 178 AND 0, vs DDP, he might lose his streak. GOLDBERG vs Hogan, he might lose his streak, who knows.

This game is like WWE, its roman reigns, you know whose gonna win.You should know the next expansion is Cantha.

End of dragons. Usually with an ending is a beginning. That means beginning of something else.

Cantha is humanoid zones.Very real possibility of guilds.It brought 15v15It brought a lot of tension between humanoids.

Very possible GvG content will be included.Very possible Guild races will be included

Humanoid expansion, brings very possibility of Guild like things to it.

Its not a wasteland, its not volancic, monstery, dragony, etc.Its humanoidy, and part of being a humanoid is Guilds.

Mages GuildFighters GuildDark BrotherhoodThieves GuildHouse HlaaluHouse TelvanniHouse RedoranMorag Tongetc etc etc

Humanoid stuff, also comes along with Humanoid guilds like things.

Think positive my friends.

I'd like for them to not forget about racing though. Thats why I'm bringing it up. Nothing is set in stone now. This is the time for ideas.Sure Cantha IS HAPPENING, but what comes along with it, be GvG, races, etc. That isn't set in stone.

Just like ROMAN REIGNS is going to win, but how he will win, what type of matchup, etc. not set in stone...Better yet, its Wrestlemania, Undertaker... You know hes going to be there, you know he is going to win. Matchup, etc etc etc. not set in stone. Predictable.Just like GW2, predictable.

Just like WWE GW2 gives you some teasers.I know 2020 people want in writing what is happening, imagination and faith is lacking.

Back in my days of gaming, you don't need someone to tell you its happening. YOU KNOW IT they know it EVERYBODY KNOWS it. No need "can I get a confirm on this"

Like the hearings "can I get a confirmation that you will provide this" "Can I get a confirmation that you will support this" "Can I get you to confirm publicly you will do this"

Back in my days, you know Cantha is coming. ITS COMING, people talk about it. They don't talk about "can I get confirmation that it is coming"

We all know its coming, lets start fantasying what we would like to have in it.For me, GUILD RACES, being able to REP my guild without having to have someone go into guild window and turn on that guild races are starting (thats how they have Guild PvP, its dumb, let me rep my guild and give them points for just being me and playing PvP, not have someone turn it on and having to PvP serious, which nobody does)

GW Factions aka Cantha is nothing but Guild type stuff.Start believing start fantasying its coming!!!!!

Like the movie on netflix The Secret, think positive, think how its going to happen, think good things, even when its not looking good, keep thinking good.You think bad, bad things happen.

What would be VERY AWESOME, is GTA 3 SAN ANDRES style Cantha.

Guilds fighting for territory. Guild alliances. OPEN WORLD PvP.Some Runescape WILDERNESS in it, you go into GW2 Cantha SAN ANDRES type zone aka the neighborhoods up for battle, ANYBODY from rivaling factions can take you out.

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MMMM thinking positiveA zone set aside Open WORLD PVP, GTA 3 Andres style with Runescape Wilderness style as in its not a zone, its part of the main world still, there is PvE stuff in it. TEAM based aka GUILDS.MMMMIf its like fortnite, building stuff inside it.Putting that new tradeskill to use, building fancy buildings, making my neighborhood stylish and defending stylish neighborhood from rivaling non allied guilds.MMMM HMMM MMMMM!!!

I'm loving GW2 Cantha I'm fantasying about.

Oh heck ya, I forgot about racing.Oh heck ya more, I forgot about roller beetle smashing through there buildings and letting EM KNOW our guild is in da houseOh heck ya more, a bunch of guildies and I running over people, downing them, killing them with our roller beetlesOh heck ya side missions in this zone, involving racing and roller beetles.Oh heck ya, when I destroy stylish stuff from other people, I collect materials just like in Fortnite

HEck yaI'm ready for this expansion I'm dreaming about.I'm ready for CANTHA

So once again it turned out to be about PvP, eh? Just let it rot as it is unable to bring anything positive to a game. Since this seems to be a thing in all MMO forums to try and get some invasion/open world PvP, shouldn't you all be aware already that it would be dumb for the developers to try to strong-arm it into their game? The hint can't get more obvious as the reasons have been explained so many times already. Just accept it.

Racing is pretty much PvPInstead of killing each other you racing.Racing actually, is an Open World PvP too. Since you do it in the open.Only thing missing, people being able to knock you off your mount.

They do have a mechanic for it too, in the Halloween racing, some races have these things that explode if you run into them.Ability to poop one out like in Mario Kart 64 upsidedown ? Poop em out and maybe other players ram into and get knocked down.

Hmm, ultimate combo, getting someone knocked off mount, and NPC puts them into combat.

A racers nightmare, knocked off mount and then in combat.Also a racers nightmare, going off course BIG TIME, like failing/overjumping a jump and gotta backtrack

[Why ppl say GW2 is dead? :|]

@kharmin.7683 said:1st is 500 gold? Yeah, I don't think that would ever happen.

Good luck.

You think you can beat really good PvP'ers and you only got one shot a month at 500 gold?

What about really good racers, and you only got one shot a month at 500 gold?

The really good pvper just keeps on collecting, a really good roller beetle should do just the same.

It aint easy.

Some people end up ragequitting on races, just like PvP. It aint easy.

The best deserve a reward.

This game aint dead because of racing to me, just like Final Fantasy X. Its the best because Blitzball. Look what they did Final Fantasy X2, Blitzball is just watching computer now. You wonder why Final Fantasy isn't really a good singleplayer game anymore? they don't realize the minigames in Final Fantasy was what made it, not just the chocobo minigame, I liked their card game, and I really liked Blitzball.

RPG isn't all about PvP you know, the minigames are what makes some of the really good. Right now, Racing is whats going good for GW2, its just they don't give good rewards, its not competitive, You got 1st place? Same reward. The idea is GREAT, but they making it like PvP hotjoins now, its useless thing to do over and over, hence nobody even does it anymore...... BUT ITS REALLY FUN. Just don't do it because.... They aint reinforcing it.

So you damn right 500 gold just like PvP monthly AT 500 gold.People do that tournament if it wasnt worth it?AT PvP would be dead as Racing right now.

Just like Racing would be POPULAR yet MORE POPULAR than PvP if it was reinforced with PvP incentives, had a reward track and so on.

Racing, people would probably do it all night OVER WvW and PvP if it had a reward track. PvP and WvW would become ghost towns, just like how EoTM became a ghost town once it was not reinforced anymore.

EoTM very fun = 3+ PACKED servers ALWAYSPvP 8v8 hotjoins very fun = 30+ PACKED 8v8 hotjoins ALWAYS

They stripped rewards from it

GHOST TOWNS = EoTM and 8v8 hotjoinsWent from 30+ hotjoins FULL to GHOST TOWNWent from 3+ FULL WvW EoTM to GHOST TOWN

Racing? No difference, have to reinforce it.Just like they reinforce AT with 500 gold, 5 gold, etc.

Racing would trump both of em tbh

Just give racing a reward track, you'll see. with similar time to complete to PvP and WvWJust give racing AT, you'll see. with similar rewards to PvP

Thats why GW2 aint dead, they see game about to die, they bring in racing. They bring in SAB, they bring in something other games don't do.If it was just zones, spells, quests, levels. This game would been long dead to World of Warcraft by now.

PvP aint saving this game, nor is WvW. I don't come back because of those 2.If it still had hotjoin, yes. (You'd have to reinforce HOTJOINS to make it good again. As in rewards just as good as ranked (Ranked is fake competitve, people just play it because best reward not because of competition, only few are doing it for competition)WvW wise, ESO does it better, if I'm coming for WvW its ESO.

[My honest feelings about map mob difficulty in PoF]

@radda.8920 said:I totally want the opposite.Pof was way too simple as an extension, it was really made for casuals. And unlike HOT, it never asked to think about your build and try to improve your skill.I don't want to spam 1 and falling asleep on my keyboard like the last maps they added in game.

So please, arena, make EoD mobs much more complicated . And more numerous. Thank you.

Hopefully its like GW1.So you know you fighting professions just like you.Just like Toxic Alliance, they go into downstateMaybe sophisticated enough to revive each otherThey know how to use finisher on you if you go downThey know to CC you.

Like if you running, CC time

Be nice if they hunted you down too.

Not just a static, always in same spot.

Be nice if, they hunt you down for sake of hunting you down.

You be minding your own business, working on something and all sudden, Warrior NPC comes outta nowhere, doing Warrior stuff on you.

[Return grenades]

You talking about Ostrich Eggs build from like 2014?

Funny you can go from not killing squat, then all sudden you play meta, you actually kill people now.

Builds seemed like a secret back then.No surprise people wanted to watch others play, they really wanted their build.

Hmmm this bunker guardian is good, what build is he though.

...They make a feature, you watch people play, get there build.A year later, never in use. Designed for #esports, still very useful, yet just a memory some people don't realize is already a feature.

But again yes I remember the Ostrich Eggs build, thats when I also realized, I need to start doing what Metabattle tells me to do too.You aint meta, you aint killing squat as a casual.

[Why ppl say GW2 is dead? :|]

Game is over 7 years old, outdated. If you aint #1 you last. Even though its like #3 or #4, its last to everyone else. Last means dead.

This game the thing going well for it, is the mini games.Thats why I keep promoting racing, I like to do it, seems like its fading away, but its still there, still hope. Not gonna stop trying until we get Daily Automated Racing Tournaments. Yep, you betcha the reward for Monthly Automated Racing Tournament I envision is JUST LIKE PvP1st is 500 gold2nd is 400 goldIts got its racing currencyA nice improvement would be a racing finisher as in cross the line, do something cool like finishing a downed opponent.

I'm as excited for racing as some people are for other minigames like SAB.

[Less zerg WvW]

@Clownmug.8357 said:OP, are you saying you want more time to breath on a map called Eternal Battlegrounds?

I care less about EB.Thats actually where everybody goes if no commander is on. Well used to be, now everybody flips camps on random non EB maps, so they stay T6 with rewards. Thats why if you gonna kill sentry or flip a camp, do it on server where you have nothing, enemy aint gonna be there. Rather than on EB right in front of them and lots of activity.

If you running over to world that is very active and taking their camps THEY OWN, you got some balls. Especially if your server aint doing squat and the other server aint doing squat its just 1 zerg domination.

@ArchonWing.9480 said:

@uberkingkong.8041 said:

@ArchonWing.9480 said:Lords already do scale with players.

Sometimes people coming in actually makes it worse.

Thats the thing,It scales at 10 players10 players? rarely happens, usually its 1-5 or 20+

1-5 players should be able to bring a lord to its knees in 2mins, not a 10 minute fight because not enough people (cough EoTM cough desert BL)

3-5 players can already take down a lord much faster than 10 minutes if they're not complete trash. It's not really the game's problem if people bring things that do no damage.

Yep the ordinary lords. The ones that turn the floor into lava, AoEs everywhere, good luck with that. Those guys need a toning/scaling down.

@Dawdler.8521 said:

@uberkingkong.8041 said:On EB they take their camp serious, and people are active, you gonna get some fights, and on their lands it wont be even, you better be able to kill quick.My god, that sound

horrible

! Fights?! I CANT DO THAT!

Lets all head to ESO.

You taking about EB, going to their lands taking their camp, and worrying about 1v1?I aint worried about the 1v1, its the eventual Xv1

That's why I said, I don't mind fights on other than EB especially if its in an area that's suppose to be my camp. Neither of us getting help.

Playing WvW for years, you know what to do, why people do it. Most people just quit.We talking about situations which happens often. No commander ANY borderland, nothing but enemy and his giant zerg, made a commander not too long ago, quit because there zerg is just too massive. UNSTOPPABLE.

Quit or camp flip, thats your options when UNSTOPPABLE zerg makes your server not even active anymore. Sure you may find pugs that coordinate with you.Sure you can wait on timers of those keeps you have to recapture from the UNSTOPPABLE zerg, using a treb from inside the home keep.

What about offensive?All of that is recapturing stuff.Offensive?

Countering the UNSTOPPABLE zerg?A ton of solos attacking multiple targets. Doing so effectively.Heck it makes more stratgeic for full server play too. You have a ton of stuff contested, but where is that MAIN zerg at?Right now, the main zerg is at THE ONLY thing contested, because small scale is not really a thing.

TAKES too long for sieging up.

You are playing solo, just because your in a squad doesn't mean people discuss what everyone should do.

You are SOLO in the squad. Its expected to follow commander.

Its no discussion of strategic play, unless you in the coordinated zergs.

GW2 WvWcan someone tag upOk we have a tagNo discussion, follow the commanderNo strategic plays.

ESO, any action anywhere? Where is the action (ANY ACTION this means small fights, non zerg fights, etc)ESO unless you a zerg, do you even care where there zerg isESO, its not uncommon to ask if we have a zerg, but usually no response because its a strategic gameESO, you can't just join it, they strategically playing, meaning you have to join discord to get them to invite youI want to help our team, I'll just attack this keep to become a distraction.

GW2tag up someone pleaseFollow commanderUseless at doing anything else thats effective other than reflip stuff we lost

In ESO, they have a leaderboard, sometimes a solo player is at the top.Like ESO Fengrush is very popular player. Not because hes a commander, in fact he isn't a commander.

Hes just a good PvP'er that partakes in WvW objectives and knows how the point system works.

In GW2 WvW to be well known or popular you gotta talk a lot, or be a commander. No leaderboard. You just known as an invader. In ESO they show your name.You get whooped by that roamer, you remember its him, you ask in ESO, so who killed ya? Fengrush. Oh I aint gonna help, he aint no joke.Some 4 star commander killed ya? Ya I seen him take on 4 people and win, I'd just avoid him.

GW2, nothing like that. Only your guild name.Which guild is that zerg?

Solo wise, people only tend to remember the bots/cheaters.Good solo people, heck who knows any, didn't think ya did know of any. May know what they look like though....If it was a fight longer than 3 seconds.

GW2, someone good is at our home camp, picking people offESO, Fengrush is there picking people off

Thats a difference and why ESO is does it better.

Ever hoping for an #esports in some game, people need to know the names.Like ESO, FengrushLike Quake Champions, raphaGW2 though, I aint know any CURRENT WvW'ers. I know Zoose, but he still play?PvP I use to know names, I still see some names I recognize.

Key aspect if you ever hoping for #esports

1. Keep the casual base happy, don't force them into #esports aka PvP 8v8 to 5v5 (then anything BUT more than 5v5 aka 1s 2s 3s 4s == casual :( )Casuals KNOW they suck, thats why they love 8v8, they don't need the other person know they suck and wait long time aka 1v1. Yep I can't beat you, why we even go again, I can't beat anybody, PvP sucks. 8v8. This is fun, I'm not even noticing I suck, because these other 6 people with me suck too, I feel like I fit in. Unless they going against really good players, and the BEATDOWN is very noticable. Like they have all 3 nodes, and they just camping spawn.
2. Make good players able to EASILY be well known

GW2 like quake champs, force casual base into #esports, QC pretty much dead game.Just like GW2 pvpBefore that the other Quakes were 8v8, before GW2 #esports died, it was 8v8. Casual base wants fun, not (Conquest is too much with 8v8, its just people having fun and zerging...... hence reason why 30+ hotjoins 8v8 FULL all day all night, people enjoy it.... DONT BREAK IT....... GW2/QC, can i force these happy players to be #esports, do you casuals mind 5v5 1s 2s 3s 4s... Where are the 30+ full servers? Should be 50+ right since its less players????? Nope. Now even thinking about 8v8, people think, thats a lot of players, hard time filling it up..... Newsflash, 8v8 NEVER had problem with can't find a game and quick.... Hence 30+ FULL 8v8 SERVERS. It was more of a can I join that 15/16 server quick enough)

So if you made GW2 more solo friendly small scale, rather than zerg,You'll start knowing more names, of your enemies, not just your allies. Not just, oh its that guild, and there leader is so and so.