Valelutra.9128

So I wasn't crazy that they originally said 4-6 weeks between balance patches. I feel vindicated but salty about the lack of follow through.

I kinda agree and disagree. In a lot of pug groups and roaming situations that don't have enough supports specifically traited and geared to deal with conditions, conditions are definitely hard to avoid. They stack up and kill tons of people all at once. However, with a lot of organized guild groups, there is typically at least 1 condi cleanser per 5 man party (either scrapper or tempest) and as long as they're halfway decent, they'll keep up. That is unless one of their party members is off tag or runs directly over an enemy bomb. If that's not enough condi cleanse, the spellbreakers will typically bring shake it off to clear like an additional 5 condis per person per use (more if you take trooper runes) But either way, I think a balance patch needs to at least be talked about soon.

wasn't alliances supposed to come shortly after swiss?

love that they messed with rev legends again

yeah it'd be nice to have someone from Anet comment on this issue, it still hasn't gone away

almost to 50 pages on this post and almost three years later, we have nothing but the groundwork being laid

Idk if Anet's financials have much to do with current server issues. Maybe they've recently renegotiated the deal with their server hosts and downgraded to save on costs but most likely not. I'm also pretty sure that the folks who were in charge of game stability are probably still working (from home). So it may just be that they don't know how to fix the issue or can't do it remotely, a server host issue that ANET has no control over, or some combination therein. It could also just be that they don't care about this game mode and the complaints about lag haven't been loud enough in PvE for them to care.

maybe alliances will come out at the same time that they actually address the lag issues?

Wait is EINS good?

wait lag in WvW? That sounds like it's a problem. I wish that Anet would at least say something about it and what can be done if anything to alleviate it.

I'm pretty sure most alliances have been through like 4-5 reforms at this point since this post was put out there.

Don't y'all love it when groups clash and RNG gets to decide who's skills go through? It's one of my favorites

When instant cast skills or running through gates become things that do not register while you are playing, there is a big problem. It's not even just a case of missing a few skills here and there, it is every skill possible. You have to sit there and spam the skill you want while your character does a stutter step forward. Entire zergs can run towards you and not get any damage out in front of themselves. (Saw it happen more than once tonight so I don't think they were only fielding engies with bomb kit, and I don't think its just player skill) It makes GW2's fluid and engaging combat system not even worth giving the time of day. But a lot of us are here in WvW because it is still one of the best options out there. ANET has something special here and they are just letting it sit neglected. Alliances when? Server upgrades when? Class bug fixes when? (Stares at moving rev utilities, dragon banner bugs, screwed up mantra tooltips, etc) Even if it's not hard dates, just talking with the community about it would be nice.