Sapphic Savvy.8376

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I really don't understand the Med Blaster nerf for the WvW context. I think there aren't many people complaining about this because NOBODY willfully runs support scrappers anymore in WvW. At least organized squads don't, and haven't for a long time now. Druid and tempest do everything better with a lot less effort. It's plain as day to see with arcdps heal-add on plus watching the total cleanse per player with arcdps. I only play WvW so I can't speak for the other game modes, but the Med Blaster nerf in WvW seems unnecessary and only serves to alienate players that were playing support meta for a long time and may be intermittently playing or returning to the game mode since the series of significant nerfs. It's one thing to nerf something so that other classes are more viable, it's another to make the class/role so bad that they have no meaningful contribution to the squad.

I saw this too

The 'best' fight guilds cluster together on different servers over time. Right now it's Dzagonur. If you want more of a challenge in your fights I'd suggest Gunnar's Hold (GH). GH has a great community.(Edit) If you end up back on NA I'd suggest FA if you primarily play SEA or NA time. FA is REALLY dead during EU hours though. If you want EU hours to NA hours I'd suggest DR. You are expected to play meta in both groups/servers. Both servers are active comms wise. If you want to get a feel for the commanders the primary pugmanders on both DR and FA stream so check it out.DR is not full. FA is full and is only open a couple times a year (if that) so you'd be stuck transferring to the link every 8 weeks (recurring cost).

Imagine how much less boring/annoying escorting yaks would be if you could ride them like warclaws for supply delivery. Imagine how much more meaningful dismounting someone could be, esp if you could yoink the supply they were moving.

Ok sure, and I even said that Blackgate prob makes sense, but FA? Idk man, just seems kinda weird. EU folk say Gandara and Desolation have the same issue. What were would you see the data on transfers in/out?

Fort Aspenwood and Blackgate have been listed as full for an extremely long time. Blackgate I can maybe see having a legitimate active WvW playerbase, but my home server, Fort Aspenwood, is frequently carried by the link servers. Many densely populated and highly active servers (like WSR) in EU have reopened more frequently than these two NA servers this year. At this point it seems like a bug, and if it is an automated process that is responsible for marking a server as full or heavy pop etc., it should be investigated.

The finishers have a checkbox option to be randomized. Would be nice to be able to do the same thing with gliders.

This is still an issue please fix it...

I'd like to see a limitation on the number of times a single account can access banners each week.

Maybe whatever group of employees monitors/examines the forums are not the most reliable for communicating function related issues to the appropriate parties. Perhaps we should send in support tickets instead. Employees who examine these forums are more than likely programmed to tune everything out because 95% + of the forums is comprised of complaints or suggestions. Think of how they ruined the leveling-up experience in the game because they had received too many support tickets from confused new players. Now you get one skill at a time, so it's not too hard. smh I'm sure many of us can provide the support staff with direct evidence of server-side skill lag. When my game is running stupid smoothly during these zerg fights, and the only things that are not working are any skills other than "1" ... not much else it can be. Not sure what the forum rules are on posting links but I'm willing to post links to youtube after uploading clips for reference/evidence. Tickets won't fix lag either. What do you think it's some ez fix? That they just need a certain amount of players to complain 100 times? Like they have a switch to decrease lag and just can't get a guy there to flip it because of covid. Every game with massive battles aion eso etc all have this issue when 100 plus converge. The obsession with having to be in ebg doesn't help because you converge way more often there. I never exp lag in NA and my guess is most these threads are EU but idk for sure. I also go to other maps so maybe if I just camped ebg at reset everytime I'd lag too idk. I also like the people that chime in w the "I support less lag too" like theres someone who supports more lag out there. Beating a dead horse with these threads just thinking anet can fix this overnight.If they are using AWS for hosting WvW and they are paying for a less than optimal subscription, then yes, it is just a matter of "a switch". AWS subscriptions are tiered and if you upgrade you get better performance but it costs more. Same as almost everything else in life.

I'd like answers to all those questions too however this Subfee subject has been a very common one on these forums.While there may be a lot of people who would like one there is also very clearly a lot of people who would not.. and would even go as far as to stop supporting the game entirely if one was added.. optional or not. If funds are one of the issues contributing to this problem then I would like Anet to confirm that.At least that way people who do want a Subfee can go and throw 20 Euros into the gemstore every month and pretend like they are paying for one.Many people have pointed this out in the past as a simple counterpoint to pushing a subfee on millions of other players who got into this franchise specifically because it had an anti-subfee business model. Like an optional sub to those ridiculous "supply drop" packages they release every now and then could help. Give me a bundle with some utility boosters, wxp boosters, metabolic primers, etc. No need to add in anything that doesn't already exist. OR in the alternative, do what you do with the rest of the game. FTP players get their playground/accessibility, paid accounts get expanded accessibility. OR like how many metropolitan cities have paid express lanes and the non-paid lanes on major highways. I'm sure we could all concoct multiple strategies that wouldn't substantially rustle the jimmies of the people who want things to stay free.

For the purposes of monetization why would people like you care if other people had the option to pay to have other guild slots? Like the level of closed minded here is baffling. Do you really want to force other people [who are willing to financially support the game that you also play] into your little box and deprive the developers of potential revenue in the process?

Over the years, I know many of us have been asking to have the ability to purchase additional guild slots (so to say) so that we can join more than the current limit of 5. Has this ever been addressed by ANET staff? Is it something that COULD be done?For those of you who think 1 - 5 guilds enough, good for you, but that doesn't mean that the rest of the [paying] population should not ever have the option.

For real, this. Even now the other group having a dragon banner when yours does not basically ruins the larger fights. It doesn't help that there is no account-based cooldown on who can pick up the banner so when you have trolls on your own server you have no defense against them.The siege is a mess to deal with already. Too many players just sit in their towers/keeps/etc. just manning siege. It's already extremely difficult to overcome, and the offensive group does not get anything to the effect of "keep fighting for WXP every 3-4 minutes!"

Per the provisions within the Guild Wars 2 Rules of Conduct and Guild Wars 2 User Agreement, 1) Are verbally explicit discussions conducted between adults over a voice chat medium such as Discord, TeamSpeak, Ventrillo, etc. within the scope of the conduct over which Anet may elect to issue a warning, suspension, ban, etc.? This question is not intended to convey acts or conduct other than the verbal use of non-hate speech explicit language (aka "potty words") and/or discussions of a sexual nature. 2) Per rule 7 of the Guild Wars 2 Rules of Conduct, "You may not market, promote, advertise, or solicit within the Guild Wars 2 Game or on the official Guild Wars 2 websites."2a) Is providing other WvW players a Discord link in chat or a squad message in violation of this rule?2b) Is linking a Twitch stream (once in a 24 hour period) in chat or in a squad message in violation of this rule? 3) Per Rule 9 of the Guild Wars 2 Rules of Conduct, "except as may be specifically authorized by the Service and by ArenaNet or NCsoft, without first obtaining our express written permission."3a) To which department does one address direct the request for written consent for such a transaction in order to make the intent of the request clear for the support agent?3b) Is this a suggested step prior to engaging in a transaction on the GW2 subreddit? 4) Per section 9(d)(ii) of the Guild Wars 2 User Agreement, "Reported violations of Rules of Conduct that lack merit – If ArenaNet, in its reasonable discretion, determines that You are associated with any communication regarding violations of the Rules of Conduct that lacks merit, ArenaNet may take any action it deems appropriate under the circumstances, including but not limited to providing You with a warning, penalties, and in certain cases termination of Your Account under Section 3(b)."4a) Was this meant to convey that action may be taken against an individual even though the reported violations were found to lack merit?4b) Was this meant to convey that action may be taken against the individual who submits reports that lack merit? 5) Per section 9(d)(i) of the Guild Wars 2 User Agreement, "Reported violations of Rules of Conduct that have merit – ArenaNet may take any action, or no action whatsoever, based on communications regarding violation of the Rules of Conduct related to any Account, including but not limited to providing You with a warning, penalties, and in certain cases termination of an Account under Section 3(b). ArenaNet has no obligation to explain any decision to take any action, or no action whatsoever, based on communications regarding violation of the Rules of Conduct related to any Account."5a) What are the prima facie elements of reported violations of the Rules of Conduct that have merit?5b) What type of evidence is considered admissible evidence in such a case?5c) What is defined as direct or indirect evidence in such a case?

Yeah, I meant WXP. It's a PITA to get even with the bonuses on. I can't imagine running without boosts and all that. Because kill rewards for wxp are so low you are forced into flipping camps/towers/keeps/etc. as well if you want to level. The point of gaining levels wxp-wise would be to get more skirmish tickets in fewer number of play time hours. It's ridiculous as it is. Unless you LOVE playing WvW already, I don't see how someone would be encouraged to give it a chance because getting anywhere seems so daunting/impossible.

Just if you happen to reside at a server that prefers bag farming to capturing points, and doing nothing but capping gets boring too, you should still rank up in WvW. I wouldn't mind significant WXP being given with participation or kills, but it's got to come from SOMEWHERE other than capturing points.

Even with this event, I'm getting more way more bags than WXP and at this rate I'll get Ultimate Dominator before I get to the second half of the silver rank (still in bronze). Is this normal? Do people usually finish the titles before they make it to the higher ranks wxp-wise?

Wait wait... how does THIS happen?? More like how does that didn’t happened yet?? Anet expecting Op to transfer. xD Well yeah.. OP should transfer if he wants to stay with his group, My point is how we can post after the forum moderator closed the thread. Have you woken up yet? ? What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge bullets forum moderators? No @Sapphic Savvy.8376 , what I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to. Maybe yes if forum mod forgot to lock or that actually is a fake account. Btw wvw low tiers is a disgrace due awfull link system pairing and population gap between servers,Servers are matched to fight other that have other ktrain time zone, it’s a pvd fest..... Most time Guilds come to ktrain where’s no fightings happen and bail to empty bls so they can ktrain. It’s the real dream Anet wanted for wvw. Now thread will be closed.My world is intermittently in T1, but when they are they ghost until they get back down to T2 or T3. I never see anything like Ktrains and if anyone does capture a point it's like it's some sort of nicety or consolation prize for the healers in the squad who deserve some WXP too OR because it happens to be a daily OR because the enemies finally realized that they're just being farmed so they stop trying to defend the keep. That's usually after half an hour of bag farming in the enemy's keep. So there seems to be two play type extremes - the Ktrains (which I never see) and the Bag Farms (which I only ever see). If the bag farms aren't working then all the commanders vanish and the people still playing roam around aimlessly killing enemies and occasionally capturing a camp or tower. What tier is the PVD fest? I am still in bronze after playing WvW intermittently since release and frankly I would like more pips per tick. PVD may not seem 'glorious' but it's probably more consistent than fair-weather bag farming.

I'm particularly curious about the lower tiered servers/worlds - are they empty, disorganized, etc. in WvW?

Thank you for the information/response.

In light of the upcoming event, after transferring does one still gain WXP from captures, kills, etc.? I know there is a 2 week no pip penalty. More than anything I'm personally interested in ranking up so that when I do get pips again it doesn't take ~24 hours of game play per week to finish the diamond box.