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where are the notes about punishing afk pvp'rs?

wvw theives outplay everything, how do we fix this? we make them better at everything!

Does buying each LW season separately seem to in the slightest bit be what I am talking about?

You are preaching to the choir, I have been playing on and off for since the begining, I have them all, It isnt for me. It is for all the people who got into the game at the 10 year anniversary, who instead of going the steam route which is adding a middle man to the mix, but went with the pure ANET version. I have 6 RL friends who just started playing, all got the combo of 3x expacs, and are all now wanting to get a LW bundle for BF deals. So what are they met with? A bundle that forces you to buy the game again to then get the LWs. There should be an option outside of the gemstore to get these, seeing as how they can offer them anyways outside of the gemstore as long as you buy the game again. Do you not see the irony in it? I understand the gold for gems argument, I know the free giveaways that happen occasionally. This is all well and good, but this not being an option is silly. People wanting to throw reasonable money at the game shouldn't be fought against.

I do believe you are missing the point of the bundle... and as a BF deal. Yes we all know they are in the shop, but this is a perfect time for them to push this exact type of special weekend only deal to push sales on something that people have been asking for, for years.

There needs to be a way to Seperately get the LW as a bundle, The fact that ANET is forcing people to rebuy the entire game again to get all the LW is pretty messed up. What if you have the full game an expansions already and have a fully established account? Why would you want to buy a whole other game set just to get the LWs as a bundle.... this is the most slap in the face sale I have ever seen. At least make a bundle for gems!

harbinger, tempest, DD, chrono, all hard counters to engi.... I am sure there are others, If you branch out your playstyle you will see that if might be just you and not 1 class... try not to highjack thread with your NERF ENGI posts

AFK/Match Manipulation. People need to be gaining/losing rank due to their personal participation in the match, not by whether the teams win or lose. It would be hard to rework the system to take this into account. Easiest fix is Take away being rewarded for losses. The fact that afk'rs are incentivized in any way to participate in a COMPETITIVE game mode is sad. I frequently see people speaking the entire match as well but not moving or going somewhere to /sit and belittle people. There needs to be clear communication from ANET on what really happens to the ingame reports, as well as action taken against toxic pvp'rs as well as the afk problem. It has been YEARS of this game mode infested with this problem and no work has been done on it.

still borked

Confirmed

im not seeing a vendor in the patch notes? anyone else see it?

Yes the announcement was vague, but they were not exact patchnotes. This patch will be bigger than the daily fixes they were pushing out. Gave themselves enough time to beable to tweek and test things on their end instead of rushed hotfixes. Do not rule out more fiddling in the upcoming patchnotes in a couple days. Its all doom and gloom with everyone.

you did read that there is a patch coming on the 15th to address issues?

The buff for completing the events throughout the map. This buff is to make sure people do all the pre pre's to get all zones up to high and in doing so giving you at max a 20% dmg increase after having completed 10 events can take around 45 min. After this you then do another set of Pre's before the final fight starts about 30-45 min. The final fight then gives you another timer. The whole Pre Pre events seem super unnecessary. Get rid of the readiness to high and the need for that Buff altogether. People want to take a breather after having failed a few times in a day... so they want to go off and do something else. But if they do then they could possibly lose said buff, and then have to go back and try to farm up that buff again. Maybe they dont get on in time to fully get that 20% and they are then effectively worthless to the group so they then have to wait till the next go around other wise them and others like them are not contributing. It almost feels like you have to be locked into that map once you start trying to get the meta complete. I personally log out after a fail and do not play the game again until my Frustration level vs the ET board line up so that I don't loose said buff. I feel trapped. I do not like the fact that you can buy the Mount now. I never wanted that. I dont mind if it is locked behind the meta as long as said meta was more considerate of your time, for example. RNG/PREPRE/PRE/PUGS/NESSESARYBUFFS/VISUAL GRAPHIC VOMIT. World Metas are fun and unique to this game. People Love them, Whether that be for farming or experiencing Big Boss fights in an alive world. In Raids you can just put up a LFG and only need 10 people that you can choose Instantly go in and try over and over. In Strikes the same thing, Instant Retry. So on and So on. This META says F* You to your time.

I have been playing this game on and off since the beginning . Playing it inbetween war times in Eve Online mainly focusing on WVW. I finally went out and got all the expacs this past December, was core for all of this time. I have been able to get all mounts make enough gold to get some account upgrades max out a few different elite specs I find interesting or fun. Gear up most of my characters to full ascended for specific specs. Story, Raids, Strikes, Fractals, Did it all. I am at the point to where I can get the Skyscale, I only have to get the kitten currencies to finish it. Just been to preoccupied with this DE meta to finish it off.

Ya that is the thing, this event is supposed to be for everyone. Not just the raid prep'd. You should not have to have everyone gear'd properly and have metabuilds on every player to do this. Why should people have to join a Raid Guilds Run to be able to complete this? Today's teapot video on same subject was even more infuriating. He says that this Meta is Easier than raid bosses. I commented on his lack awareness and his refusal to mention the RNG of it or even point to a RAID where there is a make or break multitude of RNG mechanics. I then watched Todays Mukluk video where Teapot joined his viewers and Muk voiced very good points and Teapot again showed lack of awareness for the majority of playerbase. I then joined Teapots stream to get a real time reply about the RNG of the fight. He said " I am against the RNG aspect of the fight" I asked him why he hasnt mentioned it in any of his videos and that he is supposed to be one of the Player faces of the game and speak for us so that we can be heard, he roughly said "how am I supposed to make a video on RNG of the fight?" All the while his chat were berating me with @me GITGUD and also saying Muk's stream is toxic. Muk surmised it properly in saying that there is a Divide happening all due to this ONE META. There are the GITGUD timmy the power gamers, and then there are those who are trying to get a WALLED off part of the expansion. The META has 0 replayability factor unless you are into BDSM. It will be a ghost town once the majority of the raiders have their Eggs. It is too long for too little reward after that one thing. The amount of time and effort can be better spent elsewhere for a since of accomplishment.

I dont know if anyone else has watched Teapots new video today. The "Meta is so Easy" video fails to bring up the RNG at all. This video is such false advertising for what it is in current state I seriously feel bad for anyone watching it thinking that is all they have to know.

I disagree with their overall statement, but I believe he is speaking towards Real Time DPS stats which is way different than when messing with the golems either in the Raid area or in the Mists.

agreed this meta event is bringing out the worst in people, I find myself loosing it a bit. Although we all know deep down the vast majority of people running this event over and over do know what they are doing. The RNG is the issue and not the very few people messing up. Map chats are toxic AF right now with people not having any real place to vent properly. Most likely monday or tuesday another change is coming that will get rid of randomization and put mechanics at staged intervals such as % completed.

time isnt the issue, its the mechanics either not happening at all (cc), or others happening all the time (tail) not giving you a chance to focus on the core dps phase. The random nature of the these mechanics are the biggest stumbling block to this event. The rariety of getting a proper phase distribution is the same as a chance at getting an infusion drop.

Who at Arenanet thought putting RNG mechanics into the Dragons End Meta was a good idea? 1.5 hours of prep to get screwed by random chance of Mechanics is BS. I have done this event roughly 15-20 times and every time the mechanics happen at different times or not at all. TAIL needs to be set timed, CC phase needs to be set time. This is the stupidest thing. Also get rid of the stupid waste of time wisp phases...

The lunge part is decieving, cause it doesnt you sit still unless you are physically pushing forward, it is just a spin

say i have 5 enemies, 3 behind me 2 in front, it is supposed to hit all if they are close enough but it only will hit the 2 in front

This skill says it hits a radius of 240 up to 5 targets, when I am completely surround it seems to only hit a cone in front of me. Anyone else notice this?

I Have played this game for years on and off, and am finally looking for a group of people to play with. After 8 years I broke down and got the expansions, and want to experience as much of the game as possible. My first love is WvW but I want to try to branch out and try out the rest of the game. I play odd hours and would just like to find people to hangout with, learn new things, and teach the things I know. Would love to have a reliable group to play with as a team in whatever style we choose. Looking for the following - Sense of Humor - Be able to Give and Take - Words are not Violence - Adults - Roaming Group Play, PvP team, Raids, Strikes, OW events, Gold Farming. The whole gambit... I am Gen X'r with an outdated vernacular that can at times offend the more sensitive Quick to Cancel/White Knight Culture. No harm is meant. I am passionate about general geek stuff. I identify as a human being.