[The Skyscale Quest Line Is WAY Too Grindy, And Insulting [Merged]]

It still cracks me up that GW2 is marketed as the "casual" MMO, yet has some of the most ball-numbing grinds as it's "endgame".

Reading the Legendary armor requirements/time limits made my FFXIV friends laugh their kitten's off.

[Should GW2 have an LFG and an LFR pannel?]

15 hours ago, Aridon.8362 said:

No. It should not. Learn to socialize.

-Open up Party Finder as Firebrand, Renegade or Mechanist

-Join any party for content you want to do

-Say nothing

-Do content

 

Very social, much community.

[Cele Vindicator vs. Power Vindicator comparison?]

Anyone know how Mallyx/Alliance Celestial Vindicator DPS compares to plain Power Shiro/Alliance Vindicator DPS? 

Power seems very reliant on GS5 not being screwed over.

Edit: Mostly asking in a general PvE sense.

[Summer Changes for Revenant]

I really hope they finish the animations for Vindicator for the patch. I consistently can't tell when I'm on my third 1 attack since it looks just like a normal auto, with Necro Reaper it is 100% obvious since you do a big ice swing.

Arche's nomad advance animation looks like you should be slamming your weapon onto the ground but your weapon just disappears during the animation.

Enough has been said about the greatsword 4 post-block animation.

GS 2 should also be some sort of slam animation.

[Summer Changes for Revenant]

They will finally delete both Warrior and Revenant, freeing their players from their torment. Then they will replace them with Yellow Guardian and Grey Guardian, allowing players to choose which flavor of role compression they would like to be.

[Dear Anet: Condi gear prices are out of control]

18 hours ago, HonesltlyX.7164 said:

I don't think that ANET can really do much about it. This is just how it is in the community. Condition damage is more often than not better than power in raids and fractal CMs. I expect this will also be the case in Strike CMs as well.

How is this NOT Anets fault/something they can do? They are the ones that made/balanced 90% of the builds that can apply important boons are better Condi. They could either make Power more viable for PUGS or adjust drop-rates.

[4th espec wants and desires?]

39 minutes ago, Dawanarth.4601 said:

Renegade ? It has shortbow

That is our only REAL option outside of Hammer for WvW, a second real choice for ranged weapon would be nice. I'd really like Scepter because it would be the first real "Spell-Caster" Legend hopefully outside of Goat who is only Healing.

[Power revenant is too weak in pve]

2 hours ago, Mithrilos.8036 said:

Stuff

The confused are probably because its well accepting that Renegade is the only reason Revenant is still relevant at this point. But even with how stacked it is/was it is slowly being pushed out of meta and nerfed (likely in a vain attempt to make Trash-indicator look good)

[What profession do you think has had the best/most consistent elite specs so far?]

9 minutes ago, circuitnerd.5863 said:

I was wondering what others considered to have the most consistent and best elite specs up till this point. I'm guessing Warrior?

You've clearly never looked at the Warrior forum. 🤣

[Alternative path for PVE Legendary Armor]

1 minute ago, yoni.7015 said:

They are played. But if you don’t like raids, there are two other ways to get legendary armor. I got two of my legendary armor sets in WvW and the third in PvP. 

The WvW and PvP versions wish they at least looked like Chinese knockoffs.

[Alternative path for PVE Legendary Armor]

2 minutes ago, Suinz.5968 said:

They do not realize how common it is for developers to put rewards behind different types of content to incentivize people to do said content.

Clearly that worked and is why Raids are played and loved by the community.

[Alternative path for PVE Legendary Armor]

1 minute ago, Mungo Zen.9364 said:

As well, why should raiders get the benefit of being able to sell account bound materials but not WvW or PvP players?  

Because WvW players aren't allowed to make gold, did you not get the briefing?

[Idea: Elite Specialization Design Contest]

On 4/7/2022 at 5:57 AM, Dawanarth.4601 said:

pls no more human legend or at least don't have 3/4 legends that know each others

Sorry my malformed "Friends", Humans are just better.

Though if it mustn't be a Human, then Razah. He is technically a Mist-spawn thing.

[Support/Heal Vindicator for WvW?]

Well that is really disappointing, never really thought about how the costs would screw you, but looking it over: yeah, costs are pretty comical for what they actually do. 

"Build diversity" wins again I guess.

[Since the only good dodge option was gutted]

Give back the two dodges and remove the shite spear throw and replace it with the jump, so instead of a ghost man throwing a spear it is you jumping up and slamming into the ground with the Ghost man slamming the spear into the ground alongside you. 

Edit: Hell I'm pretty sure the Spear was a pickup and drop AOE nuke in GW1 anyway, why the hell is it a snipe that does no damage?

 

Or give us a eSpec with a actual Legend and not 2 guys who happened to be the last people alive when a ACTUAL Legend beat another ACTUAL Legend.

[Support/Heal Vindicator for WvW?]

As fun and interesting as "all roads lead to condition circle hell" Dwarf Legend is, I'm looking for a new support style to switch to every now and then.

 

I know shitting out boons is more important generally for WvW but Vindi with its Urns and Goat with his rock is somewhat like a Ritualist if you squint hard enough and do a handstand, and would like to emulate something close to that since ANet seems to hate giving fans what they want.

[No successful online PvP game has healers that are also tanks]

23 minutes ago, Rendalmj.3152 said:

Gw2 allows diversity

Lol is that why Guardian has a free-spot in every party in pretty much every game mode?

Edit: Ahem, relevant game mode.

[Why GW2 will fail on Steam without core combat changes. (Alac/Quickness Boons too powerful)]

52 minutes ago, Kulvar.1239 said:

You mean like it is in every game ? When the goal is to kill things, everything that you're not better with than you would be with a DPS is better replaced by a DPS.

Not sure what your "defending" in this case. That stacks are an acceptable outcome?

[Why GW2 will fail on Steam without core combat changes. (Alac/Quickness Boons too powerful)]

38 minutes ago, Kulvar.1239 said:

 

You mean the diversity of choosing whether you want to do strike damage or condition damage because support would be gutted out of existence ? The freedom of choosing between Berserker and Viper gear ?

If quickness and alacrity are the only thing stopping GW2 outside of raids from turning into a DPS only hellscape that should tell you how serious of a problem it is and how much of a duct tape solution GW2's soft trinity is.

[Why GW2 will fail on Steam without core combat changes. (Alac/Quickness Boons too powerful)]

18 minutes ago, captrowdy.9561 said:

I came from eso. The matchmaking sucked. 4 random people thrown together that maybe will work out. Right now you have to do some basic communication before you begin. You know back in the day that’s how it used to be in mmos. 

The reason ESO matchmaking is hot garbage is the same reason GW2 endgame is a mess: The game doesn't teach players how to play from min to max level while also telling/expecting them to make their own builds when there is rules that must be followed in endgame builds that they are not taught. 

I can queue up in FFXIV and as long as I don't get a lowbie dungeon everyone can perform at a minimum level, the DPS that do less dps then the tank is something that rarely shows up unlike in GW2 or ESO. FFXIV FORCES everyone to do group dungeon content in order to progress the story, you are forced to learn to perform at a basic level.

These "freeform" build MMO's always sucker all the casuals in with promises of freedom and refuse to break that illusion until they hit endgame and want to put their foot in the door and finally learn that there is a gangly endgame meta that has been twisted and turned by years of half assed balance updates and forgotten class visions.