Drayke.3592

I'm also on the side that thinks this isn't really a problem Anet "needs" to fix. You know who the blob group are, since you apparently keep losing to them. You can either choose to join one, or keep doing what your doing. The choice is yours. Just a side note, if you decide to take your, say, 24 and form 3 8-man teams all talking to each other and looking out for the enemy zerg, you should have no problem taking more points than them. Avoid fights and play PPT. Eventually the larger teams will have to divide up their zerg to match or watch themselves control almost nothing on the map. I know a lot of people don't want to play that way, but it's the only way you're going to "beat" the larger groups unless you're willing and able to match their numbers. Lastly, I do think there's a design flaw when just about every party needs a Firebrand. Either stability should be fixed, or more specializations should have the ability to match what FB's can do in that area IMO.

"Also, the requirements for acquiring different tiers of rewards are changing: gaining silver and gold rewards now requires more active participation, such as defeating guards and opposing players..." sigh... still no love for WvW supports

It's It's possible that these new rewards will also be tagged-based, meaning support players are only going to get shafted harder. Can we get a confirmation from the developers on how this works?

Some initial thoughts: - They didn't touch Fervent Force. I doubt that they've forgotten about it. My guess is this is just a difficult nut for them to crack. - No love for WvW zerg play. It's still druid or nothing. - And nerfs to roamers as well :( - The cast on Unnatural Transversal will hurt one of the few viable ranger PvP specs

Just want to add that I joined Misthaven a couple of weeks ago, and I'm very glad I did. They are very welcoming and accepting, despite the fact that most of them far out-gear and out-skill me. There's at least a few people on Discord to chat with most evenings/weekends. They've helped me with some story-line quests, get my first ascended trinket through Guild Commendations, and break into Fractals. If the description above sounds like something you've been looking for, then I highly suggest reaching out to Kyri and come hang out with us for awhile!

Just one point to add: when you shatter, you only shatter clones, and there's a limit of 3 active clones at one time. Phantasms become clones after they perform their special attack. So, if you're already at 3 clones and you summon a phantasm, you may want to shatter before it becomes a clone so that you don't "waste" the extra clone.

As a long-time, but VERY casual player of this game, I'm looking to invest into this game a little more heavily and attempt to explore much of the content I've basically ignored until now, such as Fractals, and maybe even Raids. Running a guild with certain end-game goals involves finding the balance between how important progress is vs how accepting you want to be of members with differing levels of skill and commitment. I'd love to talk to you about it and see if this is a good fit. I'll look you up in game in the next day or 2 and see what you think. Do you have any plans for in-game chat, such as Discord of anything else?