[Sudden Soulbeast Love]

Pet swap while merged will be so much fun. 
I don't remember when my first thought listening/reading patch notes was "Wow, I really want to try it."

[do you think they will fix ranked pvp with the expansion?]

I actually enjoy ranked PvP and am not a doomer about it. 
It was much worse for me few years ago. 
I just want at least one new map.

[Icebrood Saga Finale [spoilers]]

I gave myself some time but I still can't stand how this has ended.
I think this final just broke the lore to nearly unfixable state. So many years of waiting for the final not only having no sense(plot holes, abandoned plots like the bow, and rushing the most hyped villain of the game) and the worst is the execution. If they had gone with the plan and added 2 maps to iron it out it might have been great, ok or bad but bearable. 
But this is terrible even worse than ending of "others" plot in game of thrones tv series.

[Icebrood Saga Finale [spoilers]]

Ehh, I really can't stand this ending. 
I won't call myself a huge lore guy but still I was playing the game since gw1, I literally might be done with the series, but I will give it a weeks to decide.
It was really a terrible job and honestly I believe the idea might not have been bad(the jormag and primordus fight might have been good way to get rid of them if they wanted to do it fast), but without the execution and time it's comically bad.(for exaample the fight should have been whole map with lots of story to explain what's happening and why, similar to dragonfall or dragon's stand).
I think it's super similar case like with Game of Thrones where season 8 probably ends similarly to books but how this happens is rushed/cut and doesn't make any sense.
Also we lose the most hyped antagonist of the series in a filler episode.(which is something really hard to forgive for gw1 veterans)

[Is 2v2 or 3v3 really the only thing you can do for midseason? its boring as hell]

I like 2v2 more than 5v5 it really depends on preferences.Also aren't 5v5 automated tournaments still working normally?

[Do you care if the supposed " Alliance " system comes out?]

Honestly I care more about rewards buff so they are brought in line with other game modes(I still expect/want wvw to be the worst gold per hour right but about 10-20% lower not 1000%).

[Will Core Bunker / Druid be the new side node?]

Druid is still too weak to be in any high level meta.Core ranger is good but lacks mobility for the role.Soulbeast is closest to be a side node meta, but it's not really that strong so I think he might be on top tier teams but I don't think he will be in best teams.

[WvW Skirmish Tracks need a gold reward per Tier]

We have this discussions for really long time and it's gets worse with each patch(as the gap gets bigger).I love WvW as a gamemode but I just feel "scammed" out of rewards while playing it.Devs please increase the gold rewards, and do it quite fast. You can even advertise it in patch teaser that there will be increased rewards for WvW, for some players this really can be a game changer.

[Buff Druid Staff]

I think it would be nice to have a trait which would change the weapon to more offensive. Mainly for PvP, WvW.

[Will there be balance update today?]

I hope I won't be wrong again

[Ranger greatsword]

@crepuscular.9047 said:doesnt make sense from lore perspective that a ranged class is more proficient in melee than a melee class

I mean, ranger was a ranged class and then everyone complained that longbow is too strong even when the class wasn't meta.

[MOTA being really enjoyable]

Yeah mota was great. It also gave us a lot of insight how the high level balance currently is.

[Omg the Demodog skin!]

I really love that this mount is really lore friendly and even well literally has lore(we know how these were created, were they live etc.)I hope other mounts will also be lore friendly like this one.

[Do You Find The Game More Fun To Play Now Or Before Revamp]

PvP in the game just before the patch was completely unplayable mess imho.I was literally considering to leave the game permanently and right now I am coming back to play it more.There are still smaller and bigger things to improve but before it was a mindless one hit fiesta, with no skill involvement at all.

[Dagger/Dagger PvP Soulbeast]

@Kraitan.8476 Do you have any success using this build in 3v3? Or would you recommend something else?

[Pet balance is not a numbers game]

@Yasai.3549 said:All Anerf Devs know for balance is nerf nerf nerf, because it's easiest, and quickest to apply.Actually I generally support nerf instead of buff policy.Remember how terrible the game was before the giant damage nerf happened.But yeah mesmer is kinds shit currently, warrior and ranger are in bad situation too.Still while they should start sometimes buffing some of the specs(as mentioned above mesmer and druid for example) I still think in most cases nerfing is much better than buffing.

[New Patch!]

@"Nick.5276" said:I'm still confused. They added Soul Beast as a different elite spec and way for the Ranger to play. Rather than reduce Soul Beast abilities to compensate for the apparent "No downside" * gains, they just take away a standard mechanic of the class?

*Elite specs are exactly that ELITE, of course they are going to out perform, that's why they have the specific word Elite in them, "a select group that is superior in terms of ability or qualities to the rest of a group or society."

Elite spec is just some fancy name nothing more. It's great that they aren't upgrades over base classes because their playstyle is significantly different.The idea where elite specs are just different playstyle flavour while performing better in some specific tasks and worse in other is a sound one(druid = support, immoblize heal, soulbeast - damage, core - balanced) and it imho should be that way.Ofc it still needs some balancing(for example druid is kinda terrible everywhere besides raids and a rework would be appreciated).

[Would you like to see tails in Guild Wars 2?]

I would be absolutely against it.Wings are already horrible, this would be even worse.

[Vermilion Tail Feather!]

And I think it's personally too much.Why would I farm legendary if I can get a more epic looking skin with more animations on bltc for money.

[Nerf portal]

I unironically think this is a good thread.Portal is OP skill, so OP that mesmer can't be good at anything because protal alone is making it meta.Nerf Portal and after that you can buff mesmer.Also I think Mesmer needs to be moved from duelist to a little bit different position.With so many utility skills it should be somewhere between duelist and some other position.(as if it would become the best 1v1 it would push some other professions like ranger for example to be just their worse version).

[Which class is underperforming? 5 vs 5]

@Tayga.3192 said: Don't worry, Condi Mirage will probably win mAT so you will have more fake proofs that mirage is OP.I don't get it.Mesmer is top player in the game, it's also one of top players in real ranked games(monthly tournaments).This game has quite a lot of good players like sind, boyce etc.But none of them was better in current meta than mesmer.And somehow we are still suggesting non ironically that mesmer is too weak and needs buffs?Mesmer was ridicoulsly OP for very long time, I think it's quite normal right now.

[Congratulations to all the core rangers there.]

Soulbeast is better in WvW, Core is better in PvP.Core specs shouldn't be worse than elite specs so I am fine with rotation which one is better.

[Warlord Armor]

@geist.4126 said:This patch seems to be completely disappointing right now. Someone can state the good things?bad (my onion)1) the 200g for a reward trackAgreed that it should not cost that much especially when wvw is terrible for gold farming.2) the balance changesThe balance change is a huge plus from me.I was afraid of condi completely dominating everything but it has not happend(at least now).And the lower damage is what I think the game mode needed for long time.3) the armor in bronze instead of diamondThe armor in bronze is also good for me, bigger motivation for casuals and veterans can wait 3 days more for it.4) more queues for a week because pve'ers that won't stick to the game mode anywayPotentially some of them will stay. I think it's objectively good that there are more players in gamemode.

[WvW Reward buff?]

bump.Everytime I come back to the game mode I feel it's so underwhelming in the rewards department.They should just throw some gold into the skirmish chests and call it a day.I think right now you are earning about 6 times less than for example in PvP.

[Upcoming PvP Ranger Changes]

I generally love the changes.Nerfing damage all across the board was the real goal of it and they did it as hard as they should have.It's obvious that currently the game will imbalanced after so big changes to the core of the combat system.But the smaller patches will fix that after some time.