[Follow up to the June 28 Balance Update Preview]

2 hours ago, Albi.7250 said:

Okay maybe I misread your posts then. Lets me rephrase the question: What does fixating on one employee accomplish?

Like thanks to the leaks we know people who design classes have influence on balance of other specs. We know there is limited QA capacity which bottlenecks what can be in a patch. Changes are apparently made without much discussion. The lead designer can apparently make incredibly bias decision without oversight. There seems to be a general lack of hard numbers, professionalism and design philosophy in the Balancing department. Also how could they guy in question even become lead with so little experience.

But but people are hang up on the words Idiots and salt like a gaggle of Karen's who want to speak with the manager.
 

Someone not familiar with the class shouldn't be assigned to apply balance patches to it as well. Having a dev go to the wiki to be familiar with a class isn't a great start. just because you know how something works doesn't mean you know how to use it.

[Don't lose sight as to why this situation is a problem.]

The leaks are important because of that. only through leaks can we really see how "honest" the devs are and how dedicated are they to the game.

[Server Recommendation]

you should include what timezone you're active in. Since all servers have different active timezones. So in your case in SoR it might just be that it's the servers dead time hence why you don't always get the good bunch with you. And you can always join an active WvW guild since that will make playing WvW a better experience.

[what being new to WvW feels like]

It can be a grind especially when you're starting fresh and you're alone. So what i would suggest for you to do is find a guild to join. preferably a casual wvw guild not those hard core fight guilds unless that's your thing. that way you'll at least enjoy playing the game and you'll have guildies that will help you get the hang of it and by then it won't be much of a grind.

 

regarding the skirmish chests don't push it too hard. only aim at what you think you can play enough with. getting to diamond chests takes a LOT of hours and that needs dedication so if you can't play WvW for long hours everyday then i would suggest just aim for Gold chest since that will give you 2 MC.

 

For rewards select the reward track that you think is best for you but since you're new i would suggest the triumphant reward track as that will get you started with the journey for the legendary armor.

 

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Triumphant_Armor_Reward_Track

 

Also, each server has their own down time. i.e no one is online, so if you end up playing on that time you will be overwhelmed because A. nothing much is happening or B. you're being ganked on both sides and outnumbered everywhere which is a terrible experience especially if you're new.

[Bug that allow insults from servers to servers]

That feature actually makes it easier to report bots, hackers, etc. And if your problem is just hate chats then just block them and move on.

[Please add Memories of Battle to the Skirmish Chest choices]

it's really not that hard to get them. you just need to be active in wvw. it's tickets that are hard to get.

[WVW Zerg Clash = Crash]

Every time we clash with a zerg both team crashes. We've had this happening all day.

[Character selection is too shiny]

The character selection is now too shiny. I have DX11 enabled

 

https://imgur.com/Cbu1YpE

[Chosing WvW-Guild Tab not available]

it appeared for me and i was able to select my guild. but after playing around with graphics settings and my game crashed. when i relog it disappeared.

 

it was check boxes for your current guilds

[Soulbeasts can pet swap in downstate / Rangers can use F-skills in downstate]

You do realize that not all pets can CC you right? and even if they do there's a CD for that as well. Also, when rangers decide to have their pets use their CC skill that also cancels their healing skill so you can still continually attack a ranger in their downstate mode and kill them. and Yes i've used this in PVP and WvW but doesn't mean no one can kill me. Stealth nullify it, stability nullify it, hitting me only without doing finisher will nullify it.

 

So just because you found it hard to deal with one ranger doesn't mean everyone does. Just do better next time.