Jake Orion.2049

Did. Still the same problem. Going to try to deactivate Blishud and see if that is a problem as well.

Nothing out of the ordinary when playing, only when I go to character select when I need to step away from the game a bit. Yes, Discord and Blishud. However, I was not on Discord last night at all.

When I'm in the game character select screen, I'm randomly getting the popup to delete my character. Thankfully you have to type the name in, but it's still a bit unnerving to say the least. The game menu also pops up. At first, I thought it might be my wireless keyboard malfunctioning, but I turned it off and both are still popping up. Anyone else having this issue?

Honestly, this was a really bad overall change. Any full support classes that were unable to dish out any damage are definitely most affected by this. Now their builds will have to sacrifice some support to just plink a few enemies and pray those players hit go down. Even as a ranger with barrage I've had groups survive with zero credit given to me. (Rare, but it happens.) There is now zero incentive to repair anything and just focus on downing the enemies. Some ideas about rewarding those has already been thrown in this thread, but I'll throw one of mine as well: I think what they could have done is zero rewards, but keep the participation up. While probably not the best solution, I think it wouldn't have been as punishing of what they just did. Yes, you are still screwed on the weeklies, but for me, losing participation is what really hurts.

Willbender is absolutely SHREDDING everything in WvW right now. A WB/Catalyst duo was unstoppable in our land last night, easily beating vs 10 fights. Unbelievable how strong the class is; mobility, evades, invuls, power, the works. It's insanely hard to kill.

I've seen all 3 in WvW for raoming and they all do well. It will just depend on your playstyle and what you like. Druids can be the toughest to kill, Soulbeast has the best evades and gimmicks, while Untamed involves pet commands into your rotation making it slightly trickier to play. Soulbeast is my WvW roamer. I tried Untamed but I just couldn't fall in love with it. Nothing against the class: I didn't enjoy playing it. Seemed more oriented for small squad support/DPSer than a solo roamer, but that's my take.

On the topic of skins, are they sure that 1600 gem is not a typo? That seems really expensive for one. Mounts are bad enough, but a Jade Bot?

For example, I have several sets of unused unlimited gathering tools sitting in my bank that are going unused. Now, thanks to build templates and such, there is even less reason for me to purchase new character slots to use the gathering tool sets I have. Destroying them would make me feel like I did not receive enough value out of them other than just the skins. Unfortunately, gathering tools do not carry over on individual templates so in the bank they sit, taking much needed space. Also included in this list is Outfit/Glider Vouchers, Mini Claim Tickets and so forth. I have many just sitting in the bank going unused as I have everything unlocked. So I ask the question: Can you create a trade or sale option for these unused items? Say if I payed 1000 gems for a gathering tool, I can recoup 500 gems or the ability to sell for gold, trade for ascended weapons/armor or something else such as crafting materials. Heck, even the ability to gift the items to other players wouldn't bother me. I would rather get something back or make it useful to others rather than outright destruction of the said items.

On Necro you typically have to be in their face and not let up on the pressure. You lob so many conditions into them that you literally attrit them to death, but you must be on top of your skill rotation, as well as knowing which skill does what for any type of situation you may be involved in. I don't play Necro so I'm a dry hole on this class, but perhaps some fellow Necros can give you some further pointers.

The problem is we don't agree on what we want. What I want doesn't equal to what others want. Some people LOVE the blob, while others hate the concept of it. Some like the mounts, while others hate how you can escape from them with it. We can keep going on and on of what we all personally like and hate. This thread is the latest example of this. A general consensus is needed on what to improve the game mode. Unfortunately, I don't see it that much on here. But I do think most people are bored playing the same maps over and over. Maybe 6 new maps and a EotM type EBG map rotating with the current maps would help alleviate some of the boredom.

Just out of curiosity, is it you're typically getting one-shotted because you are not paying attention or you are actively engaged in the fight and they still manage to "blow you up"? Also, and I know it sucks, but you REALLY have to pay attention of what you are fighting against. Fighting against a competent Mirage or Daredevil can be tough for even experienced players like myself. I still haven't figured out how to beat the clones of a Mirage, but I have been learning to focus on the character that is acting differently from the clones.

For PVE or PVP I have no opinion as my ranger is specifically built for WvW. After the latest GS nerf I needed to make up damage somewhere so I traited the marksmen line for LB use. I have notice a significant increase in DPS, specifically LB5 Barrage. When used correctly, it can be devastating, especially if you have 2 rangers doing it. Throw a Sic em' in there and if you attacked right, no opponent will be able to get away. Have 2 or 3 rangers drop it on a zerg and you would be surprised just how much it can break the group up, or at very least down the tail following behind it. Personally, I think we are even better than arrowcarts now! Off topic; since I had to trait marksmen, I sacrificed Beastmastery, but after the GS nerf it became the obvious choice. That said, in my experience it seems the GS does better without the trait line. Anyone else notice this?

Ranger LB/GS is no longer viable in WvW anymore. You have several classes with the projectile blocks and invulnerability which makes the class utterly useless since we cannot AoE bomb. Coupled with the fact that you get too close, your dead from AoE before you can cleanse them away. Keep your distance and you can only pew pew so much before it either leads to a stalemate or your forced to switch to CQC weapons only to be bombed by AoE. Latest patch hurt rangers very hard, intentional or not, and a lot of it has to do with the GS nerf. Going to try a boonbeast build now to see how well it holds up, but with the current AoE environment I'm not holding my breath.

I don't have any back stories on my character names. I just made them up as what I felt that sounded right for the character I was creating. The only exception to this rule was pet names, as I tried to name them based on the pet characteristics. Jake Orion Human male Dragonhunter Alyssa Noin Human female SoulbeastPETS: Camosabe Tiger, Smokicius Ninja Smokescale, Barney the Owl White Owl, Jiggly Jelly Jellyfish, Jawpedo Shark Wow, I can't even remember my other characters' names right now.

Off topic but while reading this why am I thinking Gaile Gray as Edna from the film The Incredibles explaining why capes are bad, showing a number of heroes that met their demise because of it? LoL